The atmosphere of The View Upstairs is set as soon as the audience takes their seats. The lights are dim and the air is hazy; a piano sits proudly centre stage backed by red velvet curtains; bar stools litter the stage and a live band play light jazz in the background.
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On Saturday, I was lucky enough to interview actors Laurie Ogden and Hannah Bristow, who are currently playing teenage sweethearts Connie and Francesca in the European premiere of Napoli, Brooklyn […]
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The musical comedy siblings, Flo and Joan, are stalwarts of the Edinburgh Fringe and had a viral hit with ‘The 2016 Song’ on YouTube. Yet onstage at the Soho Theatre, they are totally understated. Flo, with a notable resemblance to Orange is The New Black’s Alex Vause in both persona and appearance, is on keyboard; Joan, charismatic and full of energy, is on percussion.
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I meet Felix Dunning, Company Stage Manager (CSM) of the touring production Caroline’s Kitchen, immediately after the Saturday matinee in Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre. He is full of energy and begins showing me around the set straight away, whilst simultaneously clearing the stage after a particularly chaotic final scene.
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Theo Ancient is currently starring in The Shy Manifesto, a one-man show that takes the experience of being shy as its central subject. It is a bittersweet coming-of-age comedy drama […]
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Leave to Remain is an exciting piece of theatre which places movement and dance at the centre of its storytelling. Technically it is a musical, although it’s certainly not the […]
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