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ONE NINETEEN at Arcola Theatre
Review by Heather Taylor
UK Theatre Network - Entertainment in the Social Media era
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A week in the world of the Social Media era is fast, frantic and fantastic.
Facebook - Thousands of people are spreading the word of the new groups UKTheatre, UKFilm and Making It In Hollywood and they are growing fast. Add me as a friend when you are next online.
Bebo - The execs invited me to their party on Thursday and they introduced me to the writers of KateModern and The Gap Years (by Big Brother peeps Endemol). More about Bebo in coming weeks.
Making It In Hollywood - A director of a major publisher is interested in a book of the film. A proposal is winging it's way. Sundance is also booked and I have managed to get the best accommodation in the Yarrow Hotel where the press conferences and screenings are held.
BAFTA - Awards Season is about to start with first round of voting for the BAFTA's starting on Monday 10th December. The DVD's and screenings have started. PS I Love You and Sleuth were good but are they award winners ? Watch the trailers at www.ukfilm.tv
BIFA - My Raindance pal Elliot Grove not only founded Raindance Film Festival, but also setup the British independent film awards, which are now in their 10th year. He's a real inspiration. 'Control' the story of the Joy Division lead singer seems to be one to look out for. A trailer is www.ukfilm.tv and the full awards are here.OSCARS - Applications for press accreditation have now closed and will be announced in late December. It looks like they will be held at the beginning of February this time and as it's the 80th Oscars , I'm sure things will be quite exciting.
UKStandup - Ricky Gervais, Pam Ann, Jim Davidson, Alan Carr, Jethros and Omid Djalili are just some of the comedians who will be featured in new DVDs over the festive season. Look out for them at www.ukstandup.tv
UKTheatre - Sally Gray and Jonas Hurst, two top TV presenters, will be working with me on Sunday to film a UKTheatre viral video to encourage more people to join over the festive period to end 2007 with a bang.
UKGIGS - Amy Winhouse stuns audiences at Hammersmith Apollo
Review by Douglas McFarlane
Keeping her audience waiting for an hour is becoming commonplace for the diminutive soul singer and at Hammersmith Apollo in London, there was little surprise. What was surprising was that there was no apology from the organisers or the singer herself. The audience were getting restless and started booing each time an unrelated song was played on the PA system. It's a good way to lose your audience's interest.
November 30th, 2007 at 5:33 pmALADDIN - GENIE IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS at Everyman, Liverpool
Review by Mike ClaytonThe annual Rock’n’Roll panto has arrived in Liverpool at the Everyman and has its customary lustre and inventiveness.
For something like a decade or more they have been packing them in with this new spin on traditional panto, the accent being on brilliant music, some of it contemporary, much of it belonging to the 70s and 80s. Everybody sings and plays a musical instrument and nobody seems to give a hoot about those old conventions of pantomime. Indeed, I don’t recall a single chorus of ‘Behind you!’ and only a squirt or two of slapstick. Instead, it was high octane Rock music all the way. And the audience loved it.
WHALE MUSIC at Barons Court Theatre
Review by Catherine Balavage
I was transported by this wonderful and poetic play. With a well-written script with killer lines it makes a great night out. It is what you would expect from Anthony Minghella.With a cast full of deep and meaningful female characters played beautifully by the strong ensemble cast. It is a rare thing. A play full of real women with real lives. Dealing with real problems.Hobson’s Choice at Sheffield Lyceum
Review by Andrew Liddle
Hobson’s Choice, of course, means no choice – and you have no choice whatsoever but to split your sides when being richly entertained by this beautiful revival of what was in danger of becoming a tired old repertory standby.
One Nineteen beings with a bang - lines overlap as actors speak with invisible cameras and reporters trying to tell their version of the stories revolving around the biggest flood in the UK's history.
Read more...A Thin Red Line by Sonali Bhattacharayya at Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Review by Sara-Mae Tuson
Directed by Kali Theatre’s Janet Steel, A Thin Red Line grew out of a series of workshops dealing with the question of what partition means today.As a couple return to the Black Country to confront the ignorance and prejudice that made them leave 10 years earlier, there are many issues they find they have to confront. Pamela (Rebecca Clarke), has taken on Islam, and goes back reluctantly to see her estranged mother on her deathbed. Irfan (Pushpinder Chani), her husband, has to face the indomitable Aunty Sameena, whose oblique criticism of Pamela leads to tension.
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