Tag Archives | Ian Ross

Malory Towers – Alexandra Palace

Malory Towers continues at Alexandra Palace, London until 2 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ For younger audiences especially, it offers an engaging introduction to Blyton’s world.

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Wuthering Heights – National Theatre

Wuthering Heights continues at the National Theatre (Lyttelton Theatre), London until 19 March 2022 and then tours until 4 June 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Like many people with impeccable taste in music, my first exposure to Wuthering Heights was not the classic Emily Brontë novel, but Kate Bush’s 1978 debut […]

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Wuthering Heights – Bristol Old Vic and Touring

Wuthering Heights continues at the Bristol Old Vic until 6 November 2021 and then tours until 28 May 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Daredevil director Emma Rice is back on home territory for the launch of this in-your face musical version of Wuthering Heights, a co-production with Bristol Old Vic, York […]

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‘It’s a joy to perform every time’: Marc Antolin stars in Wise Children’s live-stream of Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Musical Theatre Review’s Clare Walters spoke to actor MARC ANTOLIN in his home of Port Talbot in Wales where he had been isolating prior to travelling to Bristol to start rehearsing for Wise Children’s broadcast of Kneehigh’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk at the Old Vic. The show is being live-streamed until 5 December 2020 […]

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Wise Children to offer summer school theatre courses

Bristol-based company Wise Children is stepping up its online presence with the launch of The School for Wise Children’s Summer Spread – a series of online theatrical courses launching next month. Running from 15 June until 17 July 2020 and offering three paid places and three free places per course, the lessons will be delivered […]

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BBC iPlayer release for Rice’s Wise Children

Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer from this weekend for three months as part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine programme. The critically-acclaimed Wise Children co-production with The Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal will also air on BBC4 […]

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Malory Towers – The Passenger Shed, Bristol and Touring

Malory Towers runs at The Passenger Shed, Bristol until 18 August 2019 before continuing its tour. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Much has been said about the surprise choice of a stage adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers as Emma Rice’s follow up to her Wise Children debut, Wise Children. No, it doesn’t have […]

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