It’s panto season! We get a behind-the-scenes perspective from first-time pantomime performer Meriel Cunningham. Meriel recently graduated from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she trained as an […]
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Author: Claudia Graham
The View UpStairs – Soho Theatre
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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Queerness, Brooklynese, and theatre on a budget: an interview with Hannah Bristow and Laurie Ogden
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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Flo & Joan: Alive on Stage – Soho Theatre
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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BEHIND THE MAGIC: “I like theatres because they’re a bit like churches – they give sanctuary”
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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Q&A with Theo Ancient – star of The Shy Manifesto
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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