Posts Tagged ‘Bertie Carvel’
Tuesday 27 June 2017

It’s not everyday you see Christopher Timothy portrayed on stage. Or Larry Lamb come to that.
Though whilst the latter is actually the first editor of The Sun newspaper (as we know it) Mr Timothy’s connection will be remembered by those of us old enough to remember him as the voice of their TV ads.
Ink is James (This House, The Vote) Graham‘s latest foray into the world of what we call recent history. The creation of The Sun newspaper as a tabloid. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bertie Carvel, Bunny Christie, comedy, entertainment, Ink, James Graham, London, off-West End, play, review, Richard Coyle, Rupert Goold, Sophie Stanton, The Almeida, theatre
Tuesday 9 October 2012
Dear Heavenly Father,
Forgive us our many sins. Forgive us for trespassing on previews and speaking ill of them. Forgive us for drinking too much holy wine. And forgive us for giving into temptation by departing at intervals.
And forgive us for our fundamentalism, believing that if we truly seek forgiveness it may be granted whatever our sins, for surely this is the message of Damned by Despair.
Forgive those who delivered that message: Roman Catholic monk Tirso de Molina who wrote it, Frank McGuinness who gave us his new version and director Bijan Sheibani. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Amanda Lawrence, Bertie Carvel, Bijan Sheibanii, Damned by Despair, entertainment, Frank McGuinness, London, National Theatre, play, review, Sebastian Armesto, theatre, Tirso de Molina, west end
Friday 30 December 2011
Yes, the Whingers’ much coveted trophies are lined up to be divvied out again.
Artistic excellence? Possibly. Realistically most of of our glittering awards would go north of the border after our uncharacteristically enthusiastic response to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, an unusual period where we packed in so much entertainment we feared we were turning into Mark Shenton.
But after momentary deliberation and decidedly tepid debate we have eventually settled on some worthy winners. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: awards, Bertie Carvel, Covering McKellen: An Understudy's Tale, David Weston, entertainment, Flare Path, Frankenstein, Ghost, Jonny Lee Miller, Juno and the Paycock, London, Matilda, Nigel Harman, Oliver Chris, One Man, review, Sheridan Smith, Shrek, The Ladykillers, theatre, Two Guvnors, west end, Whingies
Tuesday 22 November 2011

Well you don’t have to be Mystic Meg (whatever happened to her?*) to predict the Olivier Award winners at next year’s ceremony.
We’ve dusted off our crystal balls and see the Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Award forcing either Nigel Harman (Shrek) or Sharon D Clarke (Ghost) to clear a space on the mantlepiece for the trophy.
Now we’re adjusting our bespoke turbans to say the Best Actor in a Musical award is in the bag: one Bertie Carvel for his Miss Trunchbull. Likewise the Best Musical Award, which should go the way of The Evening Standard Awards earlier this week. And who knows, the final musical category could well be filled by the young gals who take the titular role in Matilda The Musical. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Bertie Carvel, Cambridge Theatre, David Cameron, Dennis Kelly, Eleanor Worthington Cox, entertainment, Josie Walker, Lauren Ward, London, Matilda The Musical, Matthew Warchus, musical, Paul Kaye, Peter Darling, review, Roald Dahl, Rob Howell, Ted Wilson, theatre, Tim Minchin, west end
Sunday 20 December 2009
Picture it. Two handsome young men – one urbane, the other highly-strung – commit an unspeakable act as a supposedly intellectual exercise, then contrive to shamelessly flaunt their terrible undertaking before an unwitting audience.
But that’s quite enough about the Whingers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alex Waldmann, Alfred Hitchcock, Almeida, Bertie Carvel, entertainment, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Leopold and Loeb, London, Mark Thompson, off-West End, Patrick Hamilton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, review, Roger Michell, Rope, theatre