Day: 12 October 2018
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REVIEW: The Wider Earth, Natural History Museum
This thoughtful and imaginative production encourages us all to appreciate the natural world and Charles Darwin’s innovative ideas about evolution. From the second you step into the transformed Jerwood gallery at the Natural History Museum, the audience is automatically transported into a beautifully atmospheric auditorium. Including a background filled with stars that highlights the jagged […]
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Inside the Rehearsals of…White Teeth
Rehearsals have begun for Kiln Theatre’s next production White Teeth which opens for previews at the theatre from the 26th October. Here’s a glimpse of what has been happening… Rosie Jones, the Iqbal twins, their parents, their grandparents, Mad Mary and an avalanche of other characters who make up the everyday chaos of Kilburn High […]
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Review Round Up: Measure for Measure, Donmar Warehouse
Josie Rourke directs this new production of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure now playing at the Donmar Warehouse. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews… WhatsOnStage: **** “What Rourke’s production becomes is a brisk, uncompromising meditation on the nature of power and law, and how gender is intertwined with them.” The Guardian: *** “While […]
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Interview With…Christina Bennington
Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon spoke to the actress about playing Raven in Bat Out of Hell at the Dominion Theatre. Hi Christina, thanks so much for talking to me. What are you loving the most about being a part of Bat Out of Hell? Oh it’s a complete dream come true to be leading […]
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Review Round Up: The Height of the Storm, Wyndham’s Theatre
Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins star in Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Florian Zeller’s play at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews… The Guardian: **** “What I can say for certain is that Zeller’s play penetrates the memory long after one has left the theatre.” WhatsOnStage: *** “What no one could […]
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NEWS: Cast Announced for UK and Irish Premiere of Come From Away
Casting for the production which plays at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin from the 6th December until the 19th January before arriving at London’s Phoenix Theatre at the end of January has been confirmed. The cast for the UK and Irish premieres of the musical is set to see Jenna Boyd (Beulah and others), Nathanael Campbell (Bob and others), Clive […]
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REVIEW: Blue Iguana
Hadi Hajaig’s heist film is very muddled in terms of its intent and story, offering nothing new in the genre. The fact that it takes at least forty minutes for any clear plot to emerge in a film is perhaps not a great sign as it so proves with Blue Iguana. Written and directed by […]