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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Arrows & Traps new US presidential race-set version of Jekyll & Hyde

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After their current summer hit with One Giant Leap, Arrows & Traps will return to Brockley Jack Theatre in September when, as part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will join them on Friday 6 September 2019 for Jekyll & Hyde. Got any questions?

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Q&A video: Talking to Apphia Campbell about Nina Simone & Black Is the Color of My Voice

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The “High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Caroline in 1933, the sixth of eight children. Though she passed away, aged 70, in 2003, she lives on musically with her enduring standards including “I Put a Spell on You”.

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New post-show Q&A: Bring all the family to join Terri at The Falcon’s Malteser

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As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Saturday 20 July 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to The Vaults for New Old Friends’ acclaimed adaptation of Anthony Horowitz’s children’s novel The Falcon’s Malteser. One for all the family. Got any questions?

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Michael John LaChiusa musical Queen of the Mist

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As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 22 August 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock is at Charing Cross Theatre for Michael John LaChiusa’s award-winning Off-Broadway musical Queen Of The Mist, transferred from Brockley Jack Theatre. Got any questions?

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Citysong Q&A video: Mapping three generations of a Dublin family’s life at Soho Theatre

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I was mesmerised by this time-hopping, Dublin-set urban poem – originally commissioned for a spoken word festival – which, over the course of ninety minutes, captures one day and a multitude of moments and feelings in the lives of three generations of an Irish family.

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri, Matthew Broderick & Elizabeth McGovern for The Starry Messenger

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As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 18 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock chairs an unmissable event at the West End premiere production of The Starry Messenger, starring Broadway legend Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern. Got any questions?

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Education Education Education Q&A video: How well do you remember New Labour’s 1997 election landslide?

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Remember D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better”? I was bopping along in my seat to that New Labour anthem and so many other chart-topping hits from my youth before curtain up at Education Education Education last week at Trafalgar Studios.

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Q&A video: Following another LGBT hate crime on London transport, Vincent River is more timely than ever

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With the horrific news this past week of the lesbian couple who were taunted and physically attacked by a group of male teenagers on a London nightbus, the themes discussed at Terri Paddock’s recent post-show Q&A – including the urgent need to for LGBT+ inclusivity education in schools – become more worryingly timely than ever…

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PHOTOS: 1990s-set Education Education Education cast pay tribute to Friends with iconic photo

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As The Wardrobe Ensemble prepare to officially open their 1997 hit Education Education Education at the West End’s Trafalgar Studios, the cast took to Trafalgar Square to recreate another iconic 1990s moment. Remember Friends in the fountain? Of course, you do!

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‘It’s rare for fringe companies like ours to reach this level’: James Newton’s on The Wardrobe Ensemble’s West End debut with Education Education Education

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The Wardrobe Ensemble’s award-winning devised hit Education Education Education is coming to the West End for one month only. We’ve rounded up highlights from some of the production’s rave reviews to date to show you why you definitely don’t want to miss it! Time to get booking!