For those kind folk (that should probably read as singular rather than plural) who have been interested enough to ask where Phil’s been, here lies the answer. Hip replacement don’t you know, beating Patti LuPone to the crutches by a matter of weeks. He feels Patti’s pain. And he’s just beginning to dip the toe on the end of his newly bionic leg back into the world of theatre that doesn’t come with a surgeon and anaesthetist. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged ‘Follies’
Some mopping up – Hot Tin/ Slaves of Solitude / Young Marx
Monday 6 November 2017Posted in West End Whingers | 14 Comments »
Tags: Apollo Theatre, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Clive Coleman, Clive Francis, comedy, Daon Broni, entertainment, Fenella Woolgar, Follies, Gwen Taylor, Hampstead Theatre, Jack O'Connell, London, Lucy Cohu, musical, Nancy Carroll, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, Nicholas Wright, off-West End, Oliver Chris, Patrick Hamilton, play, review, Richard Bean, Rory Kinnear, Sienna Miller, Stephen Sondheim, The Bridge Theatre, The Slaves of Solitude, theatre, west end, Young Marx
Review – Follies, National Theatre
Friday 1 September 2017Earlier in the year we were invited to join the Follies production syndicate.
“Your support is crucial to ensure the play is successfully brought to the stage. We would love you to make this happen. As a thank you we will keep you up to date with the production as it progresses“
How inordinately generous of them. If we were to fumble around in our pockets we’d expect a meet and greet with Stephen Sondheim or a glass of fizz with Imelda Staunton to say the least. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Adam Rhys-Charles, Alex Young, Alison Langer, Billy Boyle, Bruce Graham, Dame Josephine Barstow, Di Botcher, Dominic Cooke, entertainment, Follies, Fred Haig, Gary Raymond, Imelda Staunton, James Goldman, Janie Dee, London, musical, National Theatre, Norma Atallah, Paule Constable, Peter Forbes, Philip Quast, play, review, Stephen Sondheim, theatre, Tracie Bennett, Vicki Mortimer, west end, Zizi Strallen