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Fourthwall’s Favourites May
Fourthwall’s round-up of what to see in May
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Fourthwall’s Favourites: April
Fourthwall’s round-up of what to see in April
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Fourthwall’s Favourites: March
Fourthwall’s round up of what to see this coming March.
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London’s only Gay Theatre company loses home.
Well respected gay-themed venue, Above The Stag, loses permanent London home.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #12
A tear, a wave of a white handkerchief – The Faction’s train pulls out of the station. We stand and salute their magnificent achievement.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #11
Gareth finally spills the beans on the place to go after the show, and shares a bit of gossip about the cast.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #10
Up and running, there’s time for Gareth to find amusement in the smallest details.
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #9
All three Faction shows are now up and running and Gareth has a second to take a moment’s pause to contemplate this achievement and to ruminate on Miss Julie.
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Review: The Hairy Ape, Southwark Playhouse ***
A lesser known Eugene O’Neill play provides an arresting, if disjointed, evening at Southwark Playhouse for Catherine Love.
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Review: The Thing About Men, Landor ***
JBR finds, if not quite an undiscovered gem of a show, at least a dozen sparkling diamonds of a cast and creative team in The Thing About Men at the Landor.
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Review: Brimstone and Treacle, Arcola Theatre ****
Edward Theakston finds a troubling and poignant play at the Arcola, with a climax that will haunt you long after you leave the theatre.
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Review: Three Kingdoms, Lyric, Hammersmith ****
Catherine Love finds herself almost lost for words at Simon Stephens compelling Three Kingdoms at the Lyric, Hammersmith
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Interview: Glenn Chandler
David Richards meets the BAFTA award winning writer and creator of Taggart to talk about his latest enterprise, The Custard Boys.
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Interview: Jez Bond on Park Theatre
JBR talks to the energetic and passionate Jez Bond, about his ambitious plans for a new venue in Finsbury Park
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Training: The wicked whispers of agent “interest”
Signing with an agent is the final piece in the ‘actor training’ jigsaw. Yet what type of agency is right for you?
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Blog: Uncovering The Faction #8
Gareth wonders whether Miss Julie, the third show in The Faction’s rep season, might be suffering from ‘third-child’ syndrome.
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Artists remember Jeanne-Claude
Members of the art world gather to pay tribute to artist Jeanne-Claude during a memorial service at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Tuesday 27th April 2010
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British Art Show talent revealed
Some of the UK’s most esteemed artists are to be showcased at the British Art Show – the survey of contemporary art held every five years.
Monday 26th April 2010
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Author Alan Sillitoe dies aged 82
The author Alan Sillitoe, one of the “Angry Young Men” of British fiction in the 1950s, has died aged 82, his family says.
Sunday 25th April 2010
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Court orders return of Bacon work
A Francis Bacon painting, worth up to £6m, fails to sell at an auction in London.
Friday 23rd April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8639173.stm -
Rediscovered art to be auctioned
A collection of paintings by artists including Picasso, Cezanne and Derain, which lay undiscovered in a vault for 40 years, will be sold this summer.
Friday 23rd April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8639659.stm -
Ayckbourn to receive Tony honour
British playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn is to receive a Tony Award recognising his lifetime’s work, organisers announce.
Thursday 22nd April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8636979.stm -
Domingo to perform at the Proms
Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and Doctor Who’s Matt Smith are announced as some of the highlights for this year’s Proms.
Thursday 22nd April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8637070.stm -
Five cleared over da Vinci plot
Five men accused of conspiring to extort £4.25m for the return of a Leonardo da Vinci painting are cleared.
Thursday 22nd April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/8630172.stm -
Maths book makes prize longlist
A book that attempts to demystify mathematics for people put off the subject at school is nominated for the Samuel Johnson Prize.
Thursday 22nd April 2010
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Jackson show for Cirque du Soleil
Acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil are to stage a live touring show featuring the songs of the late Michael Jackson.
Wednesday 21st April 2010
Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/8634153.stm
