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Posted in Best Supporting Actor in a Play & in a Musical fosterIANs Theatre awards

2018 Best Supporting Actor in a Play + in a Musical

Best Supporting Actor in a Play Paul Hilton, The Inheritance How many times and in how many…

Posted in Albums Georgia Stitt Jason Robert Brown Jonathan Reid Gealt Music Shakespeare William Finn

Album Reviews: Here for You: Ballads for Broadway Impact / My Lifelong Love / Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn

This trio of album reviews covers Here for You: Ballads for Broadway Impact, My Lifelong Love and…

Posted in Abi Zakarian Courttia Newland fosterIANs Jack Thorne LGBTQ+ Matilda Ibini Matthew López Moira Buffini Musicals Old Vic Paul Unwin Theatre Top moments West End Young Vic

10 of my top moments in a theatre in 2018

Flashes of excellence can be found in the midst of any production so this list celebrates some…

Posted in fosterIANs Nominations Theatre awards

The 2018 fosterIAN nominations

As I live and breathe, we made it! Behold the 2018 fosterIAN award nominations, recognising the acting performances that…

Posted in Anya Reiss Arrows & Traps Arthur Miller Barbican Theatre Barney Norris Bola Agbaje Bristol Old Vic Brockley Jack Theatre Bunker Theatre debbie tucker green Derby Theatre Howard Goodall Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Inua Ellams Jermyn Street Theatre Katori Hall Malorie Blackman Matilda Ibini Musicals Not-London Octagon Theatre Rachel De-lahay Royal Exchange Sabrina Mahfouz Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Simon Stone Theatre UK Watermill Theatre

20 shows to look forward to in 2019

So many of the recommendations for shows to see next year focus on the West End. And…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Theatre review

Review: The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Almeida Theatre

Simon Russell Beale and Leo Bill shine in Joe Hill-Gibbins’ perfectly reimagined The Tragedy of King Richard…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Jeanine Tesori Musicals Theatre Theatre review Tony Kushner West End

Review: Caroline or Change, Playhouse Theatre

The extraordinary Caroline or Change makes the leap into the West End at the Playhouse Theatre, with…

Posted in Donmar Warehouse Lynn Nottage Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2018

Review: Sweat, Donmar Warehouse

The ferocious Sweat may not feel festive at the Donmar Warehouse but its message is ultimately one…

Posted in Film

Film Review: On Chesil Beach (2017)

On Chesil Beach proves a most painful watch indeed “Minor seventh might be better” Dominic Cooke’s theatrical…