OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR – Original London Cast (Jay Records CDTER 1043). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Book Review: 50 Women In Theatre – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson
50 WOMEN IN THEATRE – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson (SUPERNOVA BOOKS and AURORA METRO – ISBN 978-1-913641-05-4) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Since 1660 when actresses first began performing on the English stage, women have forged bright careers in theatre, while men called the shots. Four hundred years […]
Miss Littlewood – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Miss Littlewood continues at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 4 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s thrilling to find any new musical celebrating the life of a revolutionary theatre-maker, and more wonderful to find a complex and fascinating woman at the heart of it. Sam Kenyon’s tribute to Joan Littlewood is […]
‘It’s a story that should be heard’ – Clare Burt makes her RSC debut in Miss Littlewood
Actress CLARE BURT is making her RSC debut in the title role in Miss Littlewood, a new musical about one of the biggest names in British theatre, Joan Littlewood. The Flowers For Mrs Harris and Big Fish star will take on the central role of the outspoken and visionary ‘Grand Dame’ who inspired a generation […]
Clare Burt to make her RSC debut in Joan Littlewood musical
Clare Burt will make her RSC debut in the title role in Miss Littlewood, a new musical about one of the biggest names in British theatre, Joan Littlewood. The Flowers For Mrs Harris and Big Fish star will take on the central role of the outspoken and visionary ‘Grand Dame’ who inspired a generation of […]
Oh What a Lovely War – Theatre Royal Stratford East and Touring
Oh What a Lovely War continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East until 7 February, then tours until 30 May. Star rating: 5 stars ***** Arguably the greatest achievement of Joan Littlewood’s Stratford East-based Theatre Workshop, Oh What a Lovely War remains one of British theatre’s finest responses to the horrors of war, over 50 years after its initial […]
Oh What a Lovely War returns to Theatre Royal Stratford East
Following a sold-out run in spring 2014, Terry Johnson’s revival of Oh What a Lovely War will return to its spiritual home – Theatre Royal Stratford East – in January 2015, before embarking on a national tour. It will be produced by Judy Lloyd and Matthew Mitchell. Oh What a Lovely War, a satirical musical about the First World […]
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be opens at Stratford East
Coinciding with Joan Littlewood’s centenary, Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be has its official opening at Theatre Royal Stratford East this coming week in new version by Olivier-nominated Elliot Davis. The show is directed by the multi award-winning Terry Johnson, and Jessie Wallace and Gary Kemp lead the cast. Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be was initially […]
Oh What a Lovely War – Theatre Royal Stratford East
Oh What a Lovely War continues at the Theatre Royal Stratford East until 15 March. This year is big for anniversaries. One hundred years ago saw the commencement of the First World War, it also saw the birth of Joan Littlewood whose Theatre Workshop devised this ‘musical entertainment’ that brilliantly depicts the follies of war […]
