Mark Ludmon drops in on rehearsals for the new UK touring production of Once the musical Once the musical has been breaking hearts since it
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A Christmas Carol continues to haunt Britain’s stages
Mark Ludmon looks at why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is as popular as ever in British theatres this festive season Charles Dickens’s A Christmas
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Review: Funny Girl, Théâtre Marigny, Paris
“Le spectacle continue” is what they say in France when they mean the show must go on. The new Paris production of Funny Girl, from
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Interview with the team behind London’s new Boulevard Theatre
Mark Ludmon visits London’s new Boulevard Theatre to meet its two directors and the cast and creatives of its first show. The first-ever show has
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Right time, right place for UK production of High Fidelity at Turbine Theatre
Paul Taylor-Mills, Vikki Stone and Tom Jackson Greaves talk about the new UK production of the musical based on Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity at London’s
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Michael Fentiman on the bizarre charm of Amélie The Musical
Michael Fentiman traces the journey of Amélie The Musical from film and Broadway to The Other Palace in London. Mark Ludmon reports Eighteen years on
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Time to step up recognition for the work of movement directors
Mark Ludmon examines efforts to improve recognition for the work of movement directors in British theatre. At this year’s Olivier Awards, 12 of the nominations
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Review: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Cheek by Jowl & Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre
Eight actors sit on plastic chairs across a broad stage which is otherwise bare except for a large white box. The head of one of
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Interview with Giles Terera about his career and starring in Ibsen’s Rosmersholm
Mark Ludmon interviews Olivier winner Giles Terera as he prepares for his next big role after Hamilton After a year-long Olivier-winning run as Aaron Burr
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Michael Longhurst on his first season as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse
A diverse mix of new plays and revivals has been announced for Michael Longhurst’s first season as artistic director of London’s Donmar Warehouse It features
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Review: Equus, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
The magic of net curtains is that you can look out but nobody outside can see in. In Ned Bennett’s new production of Peter Shaffer’s
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Review: The Lady from the Sea, The Print Room at the Coronet, London
In Henrik Ibsen’s 1889 classic The Lady from the Sea, a woman finds herself caught between her husband’s land-locked family and the call of the ocean and a
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