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Madani Younis launches his first season at The Bush
David Richards reports from The Bush Theatre as new Artistic Director Madani Younis outlines his plans for his first season.
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Fourthwall’s Favourites: February
Fourthwall’s round-up of what to see this coming February.
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Training: ALRA North launches online TV station
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts are launching a new online TV station from their Wigan base.
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Greenwich Playhouse loses home in first casualty of the Olympics?
Curtain down on Greenwich Playhouse after thirteen years.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #10
Up and running, there’s time for Gareth to find amusement in the smallest details.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #9
All three Faction shows are now up and running and Gareth has a second to take a moment’s pause to contemplate this achievement and to ruminate on Miss Julie.
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Greenroom Gossip: Mulligan on drama school auditions
Last month actress Carey Mulligan told an American newspaper that she was rejected from every drama school she auditioned for.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #8
Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction’s rep season, might be suffering from ‘third-child’ syndrome.
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Review: DNA, Rose, Kingston ***
Amy Stow reviews Dennis Kelly’s DNA at the Rose, Kingston and finds it packs a lot of punch.
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Review: The Pitchfork Disney, Arcola ****
Amy Stow reviews a near-perfect revival of Phillip Ridley’s seminal play, The Pitchfork Disney, at the Arcola.
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Review: The Bee, Soho Theatre *****
As part of its world tour, The Bee returns to its original home, The Soho Theatre, London. David Richards reviews.
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Review: The Faction’s Miss Julie, New Diorama ***
David Richards is drawn into The Faction’s mesmerising blend of physical action and theatricality in the final play in their rep season, Miss Julie.
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News: Cuts: National Renames Cottesloe After £10m Gift
The National Theatre is set to change the name of the smallest of its three theatres from the Cottesloe to the Dorfman following a £10 million personal donation by Lloyd[readmore]
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Gossip: Book ‘Em: Cameron & Clegg Give RSC Recommendations???
In the wake of swingeing arts cuts, does it qualify as consorting with the enemy? Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have taken the time to[readmore]
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Review Round-up: Critics Enjoy Good Weep at NT
Ena Lamont Stewart’s 1947 play Men Should Weep has received a rare revival at the National Theatre, where it opened in the Lyttelton Theatre this week (26 October 2010, previews[readmore]
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1st Night Photos: Starry Opening for Married
The all-star revival of JB Priestly’s When We Are Married opened at the Garrick Theatre last night (28 October 2010, previews from 19 October) where it is booking for a[readmore]
Thursday 28th October 2010 -
Blog: What’s in a Theatre Name?
I have mixed feelings about the re-naming of the Cottesloe Theatre in the National as the Dorfman.
Thursday 28th October 2010
This will happen once the extensive refurbishments are complete, in honour of Lloyd Dorfman,[readmore] -
Review: When We Are Married ***
Forty years ago, producers Duncan Weldon and Paul Elliot launched their partnership with this imperishable J B Priestley play, and they’re back in harness for Christopher Luscombe’s cheerful, well paced,[readmore]
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News: Lloyd Webber Sells Theatres to Michael Grade
As previously tipped, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group (RUG) will sell four of its seven remaining West End theatres to former BBC and ITV chairman Michael Grade. RUG announced[readmore]
Wednesday 27th October 2010 -
News: Sadler’s Wells Breaks Records, Brings in Horses
On the same day that it learned that it – along with all other organisations regularly funded by the Arts Council – would receive a 6.9% cut to its subsidy[readmore]
Wednesday 27th October 2010 -
Blog: Hamlet Without Cuts
The full-text Hamlet at the National has prompted a splendid Radio 4 programmme by Michael Sheen who is himself slated to play the princely Dane at the Young Vic next[readmore]
Wednesday 27th October 2010 -
Review: Men Should Weep ***
Ena Lamont Stewart’s Men Should Weep, a Depression-era tenement tragi-comedy, a sort of Glaswegian blast of Clifford Odets, or Sean O’Casey, was written in 1947, revived by 7:84 (Scotland) at[readmore]
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