Well. Kneehigh and the Lyric Hammersmith have rather stolen my thunder on this one! As I’d planned all of these in advance, I decided I should stick to them – despite now being given the chance to correct my mistake of not knowing of Kneehigh when Dead Dog in a Suitcase was performed back in […]
Read More Missed The Boat: Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs)After choosing in 2016 to focus on Shakespeare (in the 400th anniversary of his death), I went completely different this year and made it my mission to learn more about, and see more shows featuring, puppets. I have a longstanding love of puppets, grown mainly from Edd the Duck and the Muppets – and there […]
Read More Puppets 2017: a summaryWe may have just bid Emma Rice farewell on the Globe stage, but thankfully there’s still the final winter season to come: The Winter Selection! And it’s quite an eclectic selection, ranging from Shakespeare to new writing, puppetry to musicals – like a chocolate box, there really is something for everyone. As with the theme and […]
Read More Winter Selection: previewTucked away in between two of Islington’s busiest thoroughfares, Little Angel Theatre was established by John Wright in 1961 from the wreckage of an old temperance hall. It first came to my attention at the end of last year when I heard of a show Kneehigh were putting on there in conjunction with the theatre […]
Read More Little Angel Theatre: London’s Hidden GemFollowing a brief run at Shakespeare’s Globe in the summer, Kneehigh’s latest production, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, has now embarked upon a UK & US tour that stretches until April next year. Its first calling point is Birmingham Rep, followed by Manchester, Leeds, Warwick & Bristol, then Berkeley, LA & New York. […]
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