ONE NINETEEN at Arcola
Theatre
Review by Heather
Taylor
UK Theatre Network - Entertainment in the Social Media era
November 30th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Hello Friend
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.
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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.
The 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
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