Your essential guide to the best (and worst) of London theatre.The London Theatre Review is packed with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews ...
It's Greek Week on the podcast as Nick Clark, Nancy Durrant and Producer Tim (making a special on-mic appearance while Nick Curtis soaks up some Maldives sun) review Sophocles two ways: Oedipus at the Old Vic starring Oscar-winner Rami Malek, and Elektra at the Duke of York's starring Oscar-winner Brie Larson.Plus Nancy talks to Dune: Prophecy and His Dark Materials star Jade Anouka, who performs in Chris Bush's new play Otherland at the Almeida Theatre.And it's competition time! You can win two tickets for Otherland at the Almeida between Mon 24 Feb - Sat 1 Mar (excluding Thu 27 Feb) - listen to this episode to find out how.Huge thanks to Art of London for sponsoring The London Theatre Review - find out about brilliant things to do in London at artoflondon.co.uk.If you want to get in touch with the podcast, email [email protected] or follow us on Instagram @thelondontheatrereview.Competition T&Cs: The prize is non-transferable and non-refundable, and no cash alternative will be offered. The prize does not include any additional or external costs incurred by the winner, including but not limited to travel, accommodation and meals. If a prize is unavailable due to circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control, the Promoter reserves the right to provide a substitute prize. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the promotion where it becomes necessary to do so. Competition closes on Thursday 13 February at noon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inside No. 9 Stage Fright, Cymbeline, Lauren Drew's Celine Dion
On this week's pod Nick Clark talks to Celine Dion! Well not quite, but pretty close: in fact he talks to Lauren Drew, star of Six the Musical, Legally Blonde, Les Mis and Heathers on stage, and The Voice on the telly, who is tackling her biggest challenge yet as she transforms herself into Celine Dion every night for the brilliant, ridiculous parody musical Titanique.Plus Nick, Nick and Nancy review Inside No. 9: Stage Fright, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's stage farewell to their superb anthology TV series, which is running at the Wyndham's Theatre, and they take in the Shakespearean rarity Cymbeline at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Huge thanks to Art of London for sponsoring The London Theatre Review - visit artoflondon.co.uk for loads of ideas about cultural things to do in London.If you want to get in touch with the podcast, email [email protected] or follow us on Insta @thelondontheatrereview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox, Kyoto, The Lonely Londoners
The great Brian Cox, star of Succession and much else besides, alongside his wife Nicole Ansari-Cox join Nick Curtis to talk about playing Mr and Mrs Johann Sebastian Bach in Oliver Cotton's play The Score. Plus it's a fair COP for Nick, Nick and Nancy as they review Kyoto at @sohoplace, from the creators of The Jungle, which turns the diplomatic ins and outs of the first COP conference into a tense political thriller. They also head to the Kiln for Roy Williams's play The Lonely Londoners. Thanks to Art of London for sponsoring this season. Find out about brilliant things to do in London at artoflondon.co.uk.Insta: @thelondontheatrereviewEmail: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oliver! Titanique! And Lucie Jones!
By popular demand...we're back! Nancy Durrant, Nick Clark and Nick Curtis kick off season two of The London Theatre Review with a musicals spectacular as they review Titanique, the supercamp, super-funny parody of that famous film - you know, the one with the big iceberg - at the Criterion Theatre. Is it unsinkable, unthinkable, or very very twinkable? And they are reviewing the situation with the new production of Oliver! at the Gielgud. Do they want...more? Plus, West End superstar, the UK's 2017 Eurovision entry and X Factor alum Lucie Jones talks to Nick Curtis about returning to Les Miserables in the show's 40th year. She tells him how it felt to be head to head with Jedward in front of 20 million viewers.Huge thanks to Art of London for sponsoring this season. Visit artoflondon.co.uk for tons of ideas of cultural things to do in London.Email [email protected] if you want to recommend a show or tell us about something you've seen recently, and follow us on Instagram @thelondontheatrereview. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Review of 2024, The Tempest, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Anne-Marie Duff
A bumper pod to end a bumper year of theatre! Nick, Nick and Nancy look back at their theatrical highs (and a couple of lows) of 2024. For their final trips of the year, they take in The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane starring none other than Hollywood royalty Sigourney Weaver, and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Almeida with Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones. Plus, Nancy talks to Bad Sisters star Anne-Marie Duff about The Little Foxes at the Young Vic. The London Theatre Review will return in 2025...londontheatrereview.co.ukInsta: @thelondontheatrereview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your essential guide to the best (and worst) of London theatre.The London Theatre Review is packed with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews from the world of London theatre, hosted by three of the city’s most respected cultural commentators.Nancy Durrant is the former Culture Editor of the Evening Standard and before that an arts editor at The Times for many years. She is the creator of The London Culture Edit on Substack and writes across culture for The Times, Sunday Times, Observer, W Magazine, Opera Now and more, and appears regularly on Times Radio and BBC Radio 4 Front Row.Nick Clark was Head of Culture at The London Standard, covering the cultural landscape in the capital, and was previously features editor of The Stage and the arts correspondent of The Independent.Nick Curtis is Chief Theatre Critic of The London Standard and has written about theatre since 1989. Also a feature writer, editor and an award-winning interviewer, his work has appeared in most major British newspapers, as well as Radio Times, GQ, Harpers & Queen and Tatler, among others.Produced by Tim Bano Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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