Monthly Archives: August 2016

PRESENT LAUGHTER touring

Posted on August 14, 2016 by tanitch

Noël Coward wrote Present Laughter with the object of providing himself with a bravura part: a philandering, self-dramatising, overbearing, egomaniacal matinee idol. The comedy is inordinately long and needs cutting. Samuel West delivers two tirades in Stephen Unwin’s touring production … Continue reading →

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JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park

Posted on August 7, 2016 by tanitch

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera for secular audiences, concentrating on Jesus’ humanity rather than His divinity. The book covers the final days of Jesus’ life as seen from the point of view … Continue reading →

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INTO THE WOODS Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on August 7, 2016 by tanitch

How do you like your fairy tales? Whose versions do you prefer? Is it those by Charles Perrault or those by the Brothers Grimm? Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods is a Grimm musical for sophisticated adults. His lyrics are so … Continue reading →

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CINDERELLA London Coliseum

Posted on August 7, 2016 by tanitch

The story of Cinderella has been told many times but rarely can it have been told so badly. The Australian Ballet’s version is choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky to music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is definitely not for traditionalists. Designer Jerome … Continue reading →

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