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West End Review: June 2011 (1/2)

18 June 2011

in Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW: REVIVALS SPECIAL

Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph), and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) assess Much Ado About Nothing (Wyndham’s Theatre), starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant, and at Shakespeare’s Globe, starring Eve Best and Charles Edwards, A Delicate Balance (Almeida Theatre) and Butley, starring Dominic West (Duchess Theatre).

West End Review: June 2011 (2/2)

18 June 2011

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables, Verbatim Drama

West End Review (II): London Road, by Alecky Blythe and others (National Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean, after Goldoni (National Theatre) & Acid Test by Anya Reiss (Royal Court Theatre) reviewed by David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph), Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune), with Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) hosting.

Sandi Toksvig post-show discussion on Bully Boy

15 May 2011

in Regional Theatre, Reviews and Roundtables

COMBAT STRESS ROUNDTABLE Broadcaster Sandi Toksvig joins director Patrick Sandford, Simon Blagden, former Captain in the Paratroopers (currently on the Appeals committee of charity Combat Stress) and Andrew Cameron, chief executive of Combat Stress (the UK’s leading military charity specialising in the care of veterans’ mental health) for a short discussion of the issues raised by her drama Bully Boy, running at the Nuffield Theatre Southampton, May 2011.

West End Review: April 2011 (1/2)

25 April 2011

in Musicals, New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Libby Purvis (Times) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) assess Betty Blue Eyes (Novello Theatre); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Gielgud Theatre); Wastwater (Royal Court); In a Forest, Dark and Deep (Vaudeville Theatre).

West End Review: April 2011 (2/2)

25 April 2011

in 20th-century Drama, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Libby Purvis (Times) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) assess Flare Path (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Cause Celebre (Old Vic); Blithe Spirit (Apollo); Ecstasy (Duchess Theatre); Moonlight (Donmar Warehouse); Rocket to the Moon (National Theatre).

Spill Festival Roundtable discusses the theme of infection

20 April 2011

in Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables

SPILL FESTIVAL 2011 ROUNDTABLE Diana Damian interviews four of this year’s National Platform artists about their work in the context of Spill Festival’s theme of ‘infection’. The artists are Martin O’Brien with Mucus Factory, Nic Chalmers with All Erasable, Shabnam Shabazi with Body House Version 1 and Jungmin Song with Hamlet (Tissues).

Vivienne Franzmann and Simon Stephens: Mogadishu

21 March 2011

in New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

FOCUS ON MOGADISHU Post-show discussion between artistic associate Simon Stephens and debut playwright Vivienne Franzmann about her Mogadishu (Lyric Hammersmith), a contemporary play that examines class and race in a school setting. Extract. Recorded at the Lyric Hammersmith. Expletives not deleted.

Roundtable discussion of Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe

10 March 2011

in 1970s Drama, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

FOCUS ON GOTCHA Post-show discussion about enduring lessons to be learned from Barrie Keeffe’s school rebellion drama of 1976, Gotcha, in which an aggrieved comprehensive school pupil holds three teachers hostage. Participants: the writer Barrie Keeffe; the veteran actor Phil Davis; the newcomer Jake Roche, who plays the central role of Kid; the director Poppy Burton-Morgan; and the critic Dominic Cavendish. Excerpt. Recorded at the Riverside Studios. Sound level variable.

Roundtable discussing the experimental Sprint festival

3 March 2011

in Actors and Performers, Live Art, Reviews and Roundtables, Site Specific

SPRINT FESTIVAL SPECIAL Diana Damian talks to Matt Ball, artistic director of Camden People’s Theatre, and Sprint artists Hester Chillingworth (Getinthebackofthevan with External) and Oliver Lamford (Thisnowthis with Anemone) about creating experimental work and the place of audience engagement in contemporary theatre. Recorded in the occasionally noisy foyer of Camden People’s Theatre. More info: www.cptheatre.co.uk/sprint.php.

West End Review: March 2011

2 March 2011

in American Drama, Musicals, New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) assess The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Donmar); Frankenstein (National Theatre); The Children’s Hour (Comedy Theatre); The Heretic (Royal Court).

West End Review: February 2011

5 February 2011

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Peter Hall’s Twelfth Night (National), Nina Raine’s Tiger Country (Hampstead), Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw (Almeida), Greenland (National), and Terence Rattigan’s Less Than Kind (Jermyn Street). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Review of the Year 2010

4 February 2011

in Musicals, Review of the Year, Reviews and Roundtables

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2010 Join Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) as they assess the highs and lows of the reviewing year, from Matilda at the RSC to Julie Andrews at the O2 Arena. Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Jeremy Dyson talks about Twisted Tales

17 January 2011

in Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables, Theatre People

FOCUS ON DAHL The playwright Simon Stephens, artistic associate at the Lyric Hammersmith, joins writer Jeremy Dyson (League of Gentlemen; Ghost Stories) on a public platform to talk about adapting Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales for the stage at this venue. Recorded at the Lyric Hammsersmith.

West End Review: December 2010 (2/2)

10 December 2010

in Musicals, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW (2/2): MUSICALS Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss End of the Rainbow (Trafalgar Studios), Love Story (Duchess Theatre), Matilda (RSC Stratford) and Fela! (National Theatre). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

West End Review: December 2010 (1/2)

10 December 2010

in Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW (1/2): CLASSICS Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss King Lear (Donmar Warehouse), The Master Builder (Almeida), The Rivals (Theatre Royal Haymarket), An Ideal Husband (Vaudeville), Season’s Greetings (National Theatre) and The Glass Menagerie (Young Vic). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

Debate – what will the cuts mean for diversity in theatre? (2/2)

15 November 2010

in Asian Voices, Black Voices, Reviews and Roundtables

COALITION CUTS SPECIAL (2/2) Steven Luckie asks what the arts funding cuts might mean for black, Asian and other diverse theatrical cultures in the UK. His guests – Deborah Bestwick (Oval House Theatre), Patricia Cumper (Talawa), Tyrone Huggins (Sustained Theatre), and Jatinder Verma (Tara Arts) – continue by looking at the future of training and education.

Debate – what will the cuts mean for diversity in theatre? (1/2)

15 November 2010

in Asian Voices, Black Voices, Reviews and Roundtables

COALITION CUTS SPECIAL (1/2) Steven Luckie asks what the arts funding cuts might mean for black, Asian and other diverse theatrical cultures in the UK. His guests – Deborah Bestwick (Oval House Theatre), Patricia Cumper (Talawa), Tyrone Huggins (Sustained Theatre), and Jatinder Verma (Tara Arts) – begin by looking at the effects of funding reductions.

Laura Wade, Simon Stephens join roundtable on Blasted

8 November 2010

in New Writing, Playwrights, Reviews and Roundtables

SARAH KANE SPECIAL Post-show discussion involving playwrights Simon Stephens, Laura Wade and David Watson about the influence of Kane’s 1995 debut play, Blasted, which is currently being revived at the Lyric Hammersmith in a production directed by its artistic director Sean Holmes. Short excerpt.

West End Review: November 2010 (1/2)

2 November 2010

in Reviews and Roundtables, Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama

WEST END REVIEW: AUTUMN REVIVALS SPECIAL Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Hamlet, starring Rory Kinnear (National Theatre), Men Should Weep (National), When We Are Married (Garrick), Country Girl (Apollo), Broken Glass (Tricycle) and Blasted (Lyric Hammersmith). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

West End Review: November 2010 (2/2)

2 November 2010

in Musicals, New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW: AUTUMN NEW PLAYS Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Tribes (Royal Court), Or You Could Kiss Me (National Theatre), Onassis (Novello), Enlightenment (Hampstead) and Flashdance (Shaftesbury). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

West End Review: September 2010 (1/2)

29 September 2010

in New Writing, Reviews and Roundtables

WEST END REVIEW: NEW PLAYS SPECIAL Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and his guests David Benedict (Variety), Charles Spencer (Daily Telegraph) and Matt Wolf (International Herald Tribune) discuss Clybourne Park (Royal Court), Birdsong (Comedy Theatre), Blood and Gifts (National), Yes, Prime Minister (Gielgud) and House of Games (Almeida). Recorded at Dewynters, London.

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