Tag: Dame Eileen Atkins

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Book review: The Half – Simon Annand

The Half – Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage by Simon Annand Just a quickie for…

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Film Review: Vita and Virginia (2018)

Written by Eileen Atkins, Vita and Virginia doesn’t quite capture the intensity of this iconic love affair…

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2019 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Jonathan Bailey for Company at Gielgud Theatre Clive…

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Review: Paddington 2 (2017)

I succumb easily to the charms of Paddington 2 and Hugh Grant having the time of his…

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TV Review: Nothing Like a Dame

I finally get round to catching up with the glories of Nothing Like a Dame – Atkins,…

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2018 BroadwayWorld UK Awards Shortlist

Best Actor in a New Production of a Musical Alex Wadham, The Full Monty: The Musical, Old…

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Review: The Height of the Storm, Wyndham’s

Such pleasure in watching Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins onstage plus The Height of the Storm at the Wyndham’s Theatre…

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#CastingbyClowns – I celebrate as Cate Blanchett and Lucy Cohu return to the stage

Such amazing casting news came our way yesterday, with not one but two of my absolute faves…

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Review: Doubt – a Parable, Southwark Playhouse

“What do you do when you’re not sure?” John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt, a Parable comes lauded…