Tag: Michael Ball

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TV Review: That Day We Sang

  “We want all the spirit of Lancashire, but not the accent”  One of the most anticipated…

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2013 Laurence Olivier Awards winners

Best New Play  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens, adapted by…

Posted in Eugene O'Neill Harold Pinter James Graham Kander + Ebb Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Nick Payne Olivier Awards Peter Morgan Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre awards

2013 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Constellations by Nick Payne – Duke of York’s Theatre The Audience by Peter Morgan…

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Winners of the 2013 What’s On Stage Awards

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY WINNER – Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic…

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2013 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE DIGITAL THEATRE BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic Billie Piper…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Re-review: Sweeney Todd, Adelphi Theatre

“There’s no place like London” Last year was undoubtedly a great one for Chichester Festival Theatre’s musicals…

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Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

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fosterIAN awards 2011

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

2011 Best Actor in a Play + in a Musical

Best Actor in a Play Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein An odd choice given how much I disliked the…