Performing History: Theatrical Representations of the Past in Contempoary Theatre (Studies in Theatre, History & Culture) (Studies in Theatre History and Culture)
Using your mobile makes you a pariah in the auditorium. Isn't it about time those who fall asleep had a similar wakeup call? There's been a great deal of tutting in recent months about noisy and disruptive audiences , particularly in the West End. But when was being half-comatose in the theatre regarded as acceptable behaviour? Indeed, there appear to be some people who are convinced that sleeping...
It is an understatement to say that I am fully aboard with Mike on this one . Three Navy SEAL s have the audacity to punch a terrorist responsible for the murder and mutilation of four Americans in Fallujah? I thought audacity was in these days. Three rough men - who happen to be the good guys - punch a murdering terrorist. To the few not cheering, please put down your law degree for just long enough...
At some point - with stories like this - you have to ask yourself: are we fighting, or are we dancing? Ahmed Hashim Abed, whom the military code-named "Objective Amber," told investigators he was punched by his captors -- and he had the bloody lip to prove it. Let's get a few things straight before the black-and-white crowd can start clamoring about equivalence (moral or otherwise): Getting...
Theatre award ceremonies always celebrate the individual – isn't it time we recognised the collaborative efforts behind stage successes? So, as expected from the shortlist , there are almost no real surprise winners at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards : there's Rachel Weisz getting best actress for her performance in Streetcar at the Donmar, and a special award for Sir Ian McKellen...
Image by Flickr user Max Wolfe Sometimes, darkness is a theater's old friend. It allows the cast of the currently running show a day to breathe, routine maintenance can be performed, and the stage can be reset for the next performance. But most times, darkness is an enemy to be fought to the death. The longer a theater is dark (without a show in residence), the longer it is without income. If dark...
At “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas,” you’re mostly just waiting for the next song to come along, and more often than not when it does, you’re disappointed.
Access Theater was not easy to get to. Located south of Canal Street, and not in the usual theater neighborhoods, it perched at the top of eight flights of steps. You might also mistake the other small theater on the same floor for it, as I did, since there were no signs except for xeroxed posters of Fiasco Theater's production of Cymbeline . But access is not just a matter of geography, of course;...
With a good deal of theatrical fare designed for family consumption at Christmas, you can confidently check your brains in at the cloakroom and sit back expecting a certain end-of-term laxity on the artistic front. But not at the National Theatre where, if anything, the creative excellence has tended to be intensified and the intellectual and emotional challenge turned even more bracing in Yuletide...
Plans for a London fringe festival to coincide with Edinburgh next year are impractical and ill-mannered, but a one-off event around the 2012 Olympics might work well A number of London venues are in talks to organise a fringe festival for the city to take place next year at the same time as the Edinburgh festival. One has to admire their ambition, I suppose, but this is an incredibly wrong-headed...
Piano Player Cutout - A Peter Markey Design. This great paper cutout will make the ideal Christmas gift. It seems that everyone wants to play the piano. But playing the piano is hard. You have to learn so many different things to do it, and you can’t surf the web or watch TV at the same time. [...]
Like Karinsulai , I like Michael McIntyre . You can't really fault him for his brand of clean cut humour; he picks at daily encounters (on the London Underground, at hotel buffet tables, getting spit on incidentaly when chatting) that we can easily relate to. Michael McIntyre's "Man Drawer" In fact, his comedy is so safe that there was this teeny bit of stunned silence among the audience...
You can take part in Spin Palace’s final newsletter offer this month: A slots festival which features a top prize of £200. The “festival” which includes eligible games such as Cashapillar, Fortune Finder, Jellyfish Jaunt and more, began on the 23rd of this month and ends on Sunday the 29th. If you’d like to take part ...
A new fringe festival is being organised in London next summer which will use the Edinburgh Fringe model and set itself in direct competition with the world's largest arts festival. The London Festival Fringe runs from the 6 to 30 August 2010, wit...
Flybe is to launch a new service between the Isle of Man and Bristol Airport. The service will operate three times per week (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) from 28 March 2010. An extra service will be added on Saturdays from May until September. For an instant, online parking price checker and to book Bristol airport parking and [...]
British Airways is set to increase the frequency of its flights between Heathrow and Shanghai. From 4 December 2009, the airline will offer an additional weekly service bringing the number of flights between the two destinations to six per week. To book Heathrow meet and greet parking and a Heathrow airport hotels click on the links.
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