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It has always been a dream of mine to live within walking distance of a theatre. Now in that dream it is usually a Covent Garden loft where I dwell but in actual fact my humble, unlofty flat in Stockwell lies less than a five minutes walk from the Lost Theatre. Housed in the former…
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Confession of shallowness coming up: I booked to see George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's Dilemma at the Lyttleton because the very cute and ever youthful looking Tom Burke is in it, but was it worth it? Well for a start the terrific Tom doesn't make his first appearance until late into the first half. He…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Wednesday July 25 9am on BBC Radio 4: Midweek features Kate Bond who co-founded the theatre company You Me Bum Bum Train in 2004. A performance journey for one audience member – or passenger – at a time. 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Front Row reviews George Bernard Shaw's The Doctor's…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Tuesday July 17 11:20pm on BBC2: David Tennant on Hamlet, part of the Shakespeare Uncovered season. David Tennant explores the meaning and the reason why it is considered by many to be the greatest play Shakespeare ever wrote. With Ben Whishaw, Simon Russell Beale, David Warner Wednesday July 18 7:15pm on…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Thursday July 12 12:45pm on BBC Radio 4: as part of The New Elizabethans season, a programme dedicated to Peter Hall. Saturday July 14 7:15pm on BBC Radio 4: Saturday Review features A Doll's House at the Young Vic, starring Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan. 8pm on BBC2: Henry IV –…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Tuesday July 3 9pm on BBC2: Trevor Nunn on The Tempest. Director Trevor Nunn looks at the mysterious world created in Shakespeare's last complete play, The Tempest. Wednesday July 4 10pm on BBC Radio 3: Night Waves with an interview of playwright Simon Stephens talking about his new version of Ibsen's…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Tuesday June 26 9pm on BBC4: Ethan Hawke on Macbeth, it does what it says on the tin, Ethan Hawke talks to historians and artists (including Antony Sher and Greg Doran) about Macbeth. Part of the Shakespeare Uncovered season. 10:35pm on BBC1: Imagine: Theatre of War, from rehearsal room to performance,…
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Compiled by Poly Gianniba Tuesday June 19 9pm on BBC4: In Shakespeare's Women, part of the Shakespeare Uncovered documentaries, Joely Richardson investigates the legacy of Twelfth Night and As You Like It and the great comic heroines created by Shakespeare in these plays. Contributions by Vanessa Redgrave, Helen Mirren, Germaine Greer, Jonathan Bate. Wednesday June…
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There has been lots written about the hit London theatres are going to take during the Olympics and whether some will just close their doors for the duration. So sparked by a rather bare looking diary for August I decided to test the waters and see which theatres are actually producing new (or any) work…