Last seen in the UK back in June 2017, when it had a limited run at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End, Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam is now set to embark on a nationwide tour; this announcement from Hartshorn-Hook Productions coincides with this year’s Transgender Awareness Week. The play has previously enjoyed two other […]
Read More Rotterdam announces UK tourAs it’s Thursday today, the classic Twitter hashtag #tbt is out in full force – and I’ve got a little nostalgic, I have to say. Just for a bit of a change, I thought I’d go right back down memory lane and pick out some of my favourite moments of the past four years – […]
Read More Day 4: Throwback ThursdayRenowned actor Michael Pennington counts himself as “lucky enough” to have played Hamlet twice, as well as the role of King Lear – and many of you will probably have seen him in one Shakespeare or another at some point. I fondly remember his portrayal of Antigonus in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s The Winter’s […]
Read More Day 2: Shakespeare’s StagesSo, that just happened! Despite some small disappointments in the nominations (nothing too much, just some things felt unnecessarily overlooked), I was rather looking forward to this year’s Oliviers. And I was also rather glad that I wasn’t on site to cover the ceremony this time – partly because of the damp forecast, partly because I […]
Read More Olivier Awards 2018A couple of days to recover from March, and then straight back on it… Lots and lots opening in London again this month! The Blue Elephant Theatre welcomes The Tell Tales, At the Heart of Things and Bailamos Opa! – plus Gauhar Jaan – The Datia Incident, Shadwell Opera Double Bill: Diary of One Who […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s April 2018Meat Loaf musical Bat Out Of Hell returns to London for a new West End run in a couple of weeks’ time, making a new home in the Dominion Theatre. Since premièring at the Manchester Opera House just over a year ago, the show has enjoyed stints at London’s Coliseum (where it extended its summer […]
Read More Bat Out Of Hell: 2018 previewI must admit that I was feeling slightly trepidatious about today’s announcement, having checked over the list of eligible productions for this year’s Olivier Awards and being reminded of some of the awful pieces of theatre I saw last year – so my immediate reaction is one of relief. Then follows a tinge of smugness […]
Read More Olivier Awards 2018 – nomineesFirst off, you’ll notice that (unlike February) I’ve had a little bit of time to raise the logo stakes slightly – so it’s slowly getting there… Lots of different things opening across the country this month. In London there are a lot of fringe & Off West End productions coming for you, such as Glass […]
Read More Never Mind The Blog… Here’s March 2018It’s that point in the year again: Olivier Award public panel application time! After getting to the interview stage last year (better than 2016 and 2015) I was hoping to do it again this time round but it wasn’t to be. Bit of a shame, as there isn’t yet a big front-runner for next year’s awards […]
Read More Olivier Awards – public panel application 2018It’s Love Theatre Day! What will you be doing to celebrate? My plans tonight aren’t strictly theatre, as I’m heading to Live at Zédel to see Barb Jungr’s tribute to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen; I’m reviewing the show for BroadwayWorld UK, so keep an eye out for that… I thought one way of marking […]
Read More Love Theatre Day 2017: A day in the life of Mind the Blog
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