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One the musical tour rehearsals

New look for Once the musical on tour

December 17, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Sally Dexter in Christmas Carol at Wilton’s Music Hall

A Christmas Carol continues to haunt Britain’s stages

December 3, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Funny Girl at Theatre Marigny, Paris

Review: Funny Girl, Théâtre Marigny, Paris

November 14, 2019 mstjl Reviews

“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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Boulevard Theatre’s thrust stage. Photo: Tom Lee

Interview with the team behind London’s new Boulevard Theatre

November 2, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Rehearsals for High Fidelity at the Turbine Theatre. Photo: Mark Senior

Right time, right place for UK production of High Fidelity at Turbine Theatre

October 13, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Amelie The Musical. Photo: Pamela Raith

Michael Fentiman on the bizarre charm of Amélie The Musical

October 9, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Royal Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet. Photo: Topher McGrillis

Time to step up recognition for the work of movement directors

August 5, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Knight of the Burning Pestle. Photo: Johan Persson

Review: The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Cheek by Jowl & Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre

June 6, 2019 mstjl Reviews

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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Giles Terera in Rosmersholm. Photo by Johan Persson

Interview with Giles Terera about his career and starring in Ibsen’s Rosmersholm

April 10, 2019 mstjl Features

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. Photo by Helen Maybanks

Michael Longhurst on his first season as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse

April 2, 2019 mstjl Features

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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Equus Production Photos ©The Other Richard

Review: Equus, Theatre Royal Stratford East, London

February 27, 2019 mstjl Reviews

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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Lady from the Sea Print Room

Review: The Lady from the Sea, The Print Room at the Coronet, London

February 14, 2019 mstjl Reviews

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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