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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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War Horse film drives demand for stage version
The hype surrounding the release of Spielberg’s film, has triggered huge interest in the award-winning stage production.
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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: 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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Review: The Faction’s Mary Stuart, New Diorama ****
Simultaneously innovative and traditional The Faction’s Mary Stuart, at the New Diorama, impresses Alice Anderson.
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Gossip: Chris Noth Makes West End Debut Thanks to Ronnie Wood???
Chris Noth, aka Sex and the City’s Mr Big, will be making a West End debut of sorts tonight – he’s acting as emcee for An Evening with Ronnie Wood[readmore]
Tuesday 19th October 2010 -
Interview: WOS TV: Up Close With … Roy Hudd
Comedian and actor Roy Hudd is best known for his long-running Radio 2 series The News Huddlines, and not West End appearances. Strange considering his myriad of theatrical credits including[readmore]
Monday 18th October 2010 -
Gossip: Boublil & Schonberg Revisit Marguerite???
Martin Guerre isn't the only musical that Boublil and Schonberg are revisiting. Boublil also told The Stage newspaper that he and his long-time writing partner are reworking another, more recent[readmore]
Monday 18th October 2010 -
Gossip: Actor-Musician Martin Guerre Revived in 2011???
Craig Revel Horwood’s 2007 actor-musician makeover of the 1996 West End musical Martin Guerre was so effective that it’s inspired the show’s authors, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, and original[readmore]
Monday 18th October 2010 -
Blog: Guy opens a New Chapter
That wonderful but only fairly well known actor Guy Henry is about to become a national institution: he follows Barbara Windsor and Roberta Taylor into soap stardom this week by[readmore]
Monday 18th October 2010 -
News: New Red Lion Opens with Themed Comedy Season
Eighty-seat performance space The New Red Lion opens in Islington today (18 October 2010), located round the corner from its parent venue, pub theatre the Old Red Lion.
Monday 18th October 2010
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News: Opening: Tomorrow, Tribes, La Soirée & Primadoona
Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
Monday 18th October 2010
OPENING TUESDAY, 19 October 2010 (previews from 12 October), Jon Lee and Julie Atherton star[readmore] -
Review: Terror 2010: Death & Resurrection **
Last year’s “Terror” season at Southwark Playhouse began with a punter (or a plant) being forcefully ejected; this year, the corpse on the trolley during Sarah-Louise Young’s opening song is[readmore]
Sunday 17th October 2010 -
News: Puss in Boots Forced to Cancel Christmas at Arts
The planned West End production of Christmas pantomime Puss in Boots, which was due to run at the Arts Theatre from 30 November 2010 (previews from 18 November) to 9[readmore]
Friday 15th October 2010 -
Blog: Kim Comes Home as Cleo
The last time I saw Kim Cattrall laid out in wait for a man, she was stripped stark naked and dotted about with sushi. That was in the first Sex[readmore]
Friday 15th October 2010







