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Words, Words, Words
Lissy Lovett kicks off her week of editing Mostly Film with a post about her day job, theatre captioning. Post-show discussion following a performance of Yellowman at Hampstead This week I’m on holiday...
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Bid the players make haste
Lissy Lovett went to Manchester to see Sarah Frankcom’s new production of Hamlet with Maxine Peake, and is really glad she did. Maxine Peake makes her point. [Katie West as Ophelia (left) and Maxine...
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Nothing to declare
Niall Anderson watches Al Pacino deconstruct Oscar Wilde’s most difficult play, and himself In John Lahr’s recent New Yorker profile, Al Pacino comes across as highly intelligent, funny and driven,...
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The Ruling Class
Lissy Lovett watches a play about privilege and society (from the cheap seats). The Ruling Class is the latest play in the second Trafalgar Transformed season at London’s Trafalgar Studios – a series...
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Mostly MIFfy 2015
The Manchester International Festival is an 18 day celebration of the best new artistic work from around the world. Here’s what Spank The Monkey saw there during two of those days. Well, that’s Alex...
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Six Plays In Search Of An Audience
Lissy Lovett and Blake Backlash have some theatre recommendations for you from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Fake It ‘til You Make It This show had a lot of buzz leading up to the festival and sold out...
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Shakin’ All Over
With the Horrible Historians’ Bill already in cinemas, and Justin Kurzel’s grand guignol Macbeth coming this weekend, we asked our contributors to tell us about their own memorable experiences with...
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Oops, it looks like you’ve created an infinite loop
Tim Minchin’s musical version of Groundhog Day opened at the Old Vic this week. Viv Wilby gets stuck in Punxsutawney It goes without saying, but I shall say it anyway, that Groundhog Day is one of...
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Mostly Men at Edinburgh
“But when is it the MEN’s Edinburgh International Festival?” Lissy Lovett asks the important questions. Mouse I am the comedy and theatre editor at The F-Word, and so I spend much of August...
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Come and meet those dancing feet
The West End revival of 42nd Street is a musical for the Strictly generation, says Viv Wilby The curtain rises to reveal 40 pairs of candy-coloured tap shoes all drumming away on the vast stage of the...
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