Tuesday, July 1, 2008

ATW NewsClips - London


The Independent

Review: Black Watch, Barbican, London
Gregory Burke's Black Watch took the 2006 Edinburgh Festival by storm. Presenting the Iraq war through the eyes of the eponymous Scottish regiment, this extraordinarily potent combination of docudrama and stylised physical theatre was performed in an old drill hall and offered itself as a pointed alternative to the city's annual military tattoo.

Review: Torn, Arcola, London

Preview: The Peter Hall Company 2008, Theatre Royal, Bath

The Times UK

Film Review: Mamma Mia review: thank you for the music
This musical is is wonderful, sharp, hilarious and so beautifully shot that you can almost smell the Ambre Solaire

Mamma Mia! openes in Leicester Square
The crowd waved Swedish flags to the Abba music that played incessantly for the London film premiere

Mamma Mia! cracks Hollywood
Judy Craymer turned Mamma Mia! into the world’s biggest musical. Now she’s produced a film version with Meryl Streep

The Guardian Performing Arts Blog

Andrew Haydon: Can we talk about black theatre?
Andy Field: Nabokov's new production doesn't even get a wooden spoon

Daily Telegraph

A Romeo and Juliet tale of racial hatred
Charles Spencer reviews Torn at the Arcola Theatre.

Whatsonstage.com

Evans & Friedman Reunite for Porter's Swell Party

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