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Royal Court, Donmar & National are driving force at Oliviers
The Olivier Award nominations have been announced in what’s been an outstanding year for London theatre.
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New BBC drama about the rise of Boy George
Boy George swept to fame in 80s band Culture Club. The BBC have commissioned a new drama about the singer’s facinating rise to “icon status”.
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Getting up to even more Monkey Business
Following our article in issue 2 of The Drama Student Magazine, Monkeywood Theatre’s journey has taken some exciting twists and turns this week.
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Royal Court announces launch of Theatre Local
The Royal Court will take over an empty shop in the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre in its latest season.
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Welcome to the new look website – The Drama Student Online.
It’s been a few months in the making, but finally at 11pm last night, we went live with the new website design! I am so pleased to present the fresh look.
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BBC’s Gavin and Stacey will surely win me friends
Gavin and Stacey returned to our screens last night and the series got off to a winning start, writes Phil Matthews.
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Why the nation is seriously nuts over X Factor Jedward
The world is saved. There is justice. John and Edward are defeated and we can all now sleep at night. Yes, the Great British public who take X Factor seriously – are nuts, writes Phil Matthews.
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Video blog: Actor Expo success for The Drama Student
The Drama Student Magazine had a very successful day at the Actor Expo tradeshow, held at Goldsmith’s University on Saturday 3rd October.
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Theatre Review: The Little Dog Laughed – Garrick Theatre
Set in LA and New York, The Little Dog Laughed tells the story of a closet gay actor and the hurdles he faces when confronting his sexuality, writes Benjamin Potter.
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Theatre Review: Six Degrees of Separation – Old Vic
The Old Vic’s revival of John Guare’s 1990 play hits the spot, but perhaps not in the way it did 20 years ago.
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Theatre Preview: Six Degrees, The Caretaker & The Forecast
Planning a trip to the theatre? We round up some of the productions opening this week.
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Theatre review: Cat on a ‘hit’ tin roof at Novello
It was a huge hit on Broadway last year, but would it make the grade with West End audiences and critics?
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Judi Dench reunites with Peter Hall at Rose Theatre
Judi Dench is to reunite with director Peter Hall in a Shakespeare production at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
Add a commentJudi Dench is to reunite with director Peter Hall in a Shakespeare production at the Rose Theatre in Kingston.
Dench (pictured) will play Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose Theatre from 9th February 2010. Dench is a long standing supporter of the venue having taken part in a fundraising gala in 2004.Set in Elizabethan England, this new production sees Titania, the Fairy Queen, as a portrait of the ageing Queen Elizabeth I, fascinated with the theatre, besieged by courtiers but ‘married to the people of England’.
Peter Hall and Judi Dench have an enduring theatrical partnership lasting over fifty years. Judi Dench first played Titania for Peter Hall with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. 1n 2010 Peter Hall not only celebrates his 80th birthday but also a directing career that has spanned almost 60 years.
The rest of the cast are made up of Oliver Chris, William Chubb, Msimisi Dlamini, Charles Edwards, Richard Keightley, James Laurenson, Ben Mansfield, Reece Ritchie, Susan Salmon, Annabel Scholey, Simon Scott, Sophie Scott, Timothy Speyer, Rachael Stirling, Julian Wadham, Leon Williams and Tam Williams.
For more information visit www.rosetheatrekingston.org
Published on November 25, 2009 · Filed under: News, TDS Latest News;







