Tag: Barry Humphries

Posted in Christmas News Photos Theatre

News: Tristram Kenton’s stage archive – the panto edition

Pantos galore in Tristram Kenton’s latest investigation of his archives for the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/gallery/2020/dec/16/theyre-behind-you-classic-pantos-in-pictures Photos: Tristram Kenton

Posted in Manchester Theatre Awards Theatre awards

The 2014 Manchester Theatre Awards winners in full

Best actor: Harry McEntire, Billy Liar, Royal Exchange Best actress: Clare Foster, Duet For One and Separation,…

Posted in Manchester Theatre Awards Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK

The 2014 Manchester Theatre Awards nominations

Best Actor Rob Edwards, in Duet For One and Separation, at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton Michael Hugo,…

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2014 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…

Posted in Christmas Music

Theater Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas 2013

It appears to be the year of theatrical covers of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ and this…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Bush Theatre Donmar Warehouse Jamie Lloyd Kiln Theatre Lyric Hammersmith Manchester International Festival Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals National Theatre Old Red Lion Old Vic Open Air Theatre RSC Shakespeare's Globe Sheffield Theatres Soho Theatre Southwark Playhouse The Other Palace Theatre Theatre awards Union Theatre What's On Stage Awards Young Vic

2014 What’s On Stage Award nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Helen Mirren – The Audience at the Gielgud  Anne-Marie Duff – Strange Interlude at the NT…

Posted in Cabaret Theatre West End

Review: Eat Pray Laugh!, Palladium Theatre

“You’ve aged…but I’ve stayed the same” Ours was never a household that watched “variety’s gigastar” Dame Edna…

Posted in Charles Dickens Film

Film Review: Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

“You must bear up against sorrow my dear” Douglas McGrath’s adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby manages the not-unimpressive…