Dublin LORDS OF STRUT “SELL OUT TOUR” Smock Alley Theatre, 7 Lower Exchange Street, County Dublin. To Saturday 10 Nov and Irish tour until 30 Nov. 9.30 pm. Runs 65 mins, no interval. Tickets: 00 3531 6770014 www.smockalley.com // www.lordsofstrut.com/ Review: Michael Paye 6 November 2012. Impressive acrobatics, appalling singing, but that’s okay.
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Dublin A PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde, adapted by Neil Bartlett. Abbey Theatre, 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. To 17 November. 7.30 pm. Saturday Matinee 2 pm. Sign Language interpreted performance, 8 November. Captioned Performance, 10 November. Runs 165 mins, one interval. Tickets: 00 3531 8787 222 www.abbeytheatre.ie Review: Michael Paye 12 October 2012. Dorian Gray fails to allure.
Marilyn Monroe Airlines: Always Late and Unreliable by Leonor Bethencourt. Smock Alley Theatre, 7 Lower Exchange Street, County Dublin. To 8 September. Then touring to The Savoy Limerick, September 27th & 28th (Further tour dates to be announced.) Full info: www.zocorro.com. 8 pm. Runs 50 mins, no interval. Tickets: 00 3531 677 0014 www.smockalley.com Review: Michael Paye 8 September 2012. Some funny moments, but lacks cohesion
Oxford/Ireland DRUIDMURPHY by Tom Murphy. Oxford Playhouse Beaumont Street OX1 To 25 August 2012. 22 Aug 7.30pm, 24 Aug 8pm. Conversations on a Homecoming Runs 1hr 45min No interval. 21, 23 Aug 7.30pm. A Whistle in the Dark Runs 2hr 35min One interval, 20 Aug 7.30pm, 23 Aug 2.30pm Famine Runs 2hr 40min One interval. DruidMurphy (all 3 plays) 25 Aug 1.30pm. TICKETS: 01865 305305. www.oxfordplayhouse.com Review: Timothy Ramsden 18 August. A final English week for fine Irish dramas.
Dublin. THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS: Sean O’Casey. The O’Reilly Theatre 21 Great Denmark Street Dublin 1. To 15 September. 8pm Mat Sat 3pm. BSL Signed 6 September. Captioned 8 September. then tour to 3 November 2012. Runs 3hr 5min One interval. Tickets: 00 3531 8787 222. www.abbeytheatre.ie Review: Michael Paye 3 August 2012. O’Casey’s play revivified in engaging production.
Dublin The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge. Smock Alley Theatre, 7 Lower Exchange Street, County Dublin. To 5 August. 7.30 pm. Saturday and Sunday matinee at 2.30 pm. Runs 120 mins, one interval. To Sun 05 08 12 Tickets: 00 3531 677 0014 www.smockalley.com Review: Michael Paye 13 July 2012. An enjoyable, energetic performance in the intimate confines of Ireland’s oldest theatre.
Routledge ACTING IN MUSICAL THEATRE: Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera Published in a new version by Routledge Publication 2017 5***** ISBN: 9 780415 713246 www.routledge.com Review: Rod Dungate, 02 July 2017 @Rod_Dungate @ReviewsGate Good sense, compete sense, remarkable comprehensive
Book Balancing Acts By Nicholas Hytner 5Star***** Jonathan Cape £20 Review: William Russell, 12 May 2017 This is a really good read.
Book Feldenkrais for Actors: How to Do Less and Discover More by Victoria Worsley Nick Hern Books (NHB) 4Star **** ISBN: 9781848424173 Price: £12.99 Review: Samuel James Crawford, 05/04/2017 A breath of fresh air
STAGE COMBAT, UNARMED: Roger Bartlett Nick Hern Books (NHB) 5Star***** ISBN: 978-1-84842-470-8 www.nickhernbooks.co.uk Price £14.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 22 09 16 Characters often do terrible things; here's how to make them more terrible, and have safe fun.
Book FACING THE FEAR: An Actor's Guide to Overcoming Stage Fright Bella Merlin Nick Hern Books (NHB) ISBN: 9 781848 423138 www.nickhernbooks.co.uk Price £12.99 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 07 06 16 A special book, invaluable contribution to acting.
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Book 101 GREATEST PLAYS: Michael Billington Guardian Faber ISBN: 978 1 78335 030 8 September 2015 Review: Alexander Ray Edser, 20 10 15 A splendid book.
BRICUSSE’S (auto) BIOGRAPHY. Pure Imagination, a sorta-biography by Leslie Bricusse Faber Music £25. Review: William Russell Reading this so-called “sorta-biography” is a bit like being force fed a diet of pavlova and panna cotta washed down with something excessively bubbly and just possibly pink.
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London. ANIMALS by Emma Adams. Theatre 503 above The Latchmere 503 Battersea Park Road SW11 3BW To 2 May 2015. Tue-Sat 7.45pm Sun 5pm. (Pay what you can Sun.) Runs 2hr 30min One interval. TICKETS: 020 7978 7040. www.theatre503.com Review: William Russell 13 April. A glorious Grimm black comedy.
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