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The Poltergeist
The Poltergeist

The Poltergeist

By Terri Paddock|2022-09-20T12:13:10+01:0020 September 2022|Tags: Arcola Theatre, Joseph Potter, Philip Ridley, Plays, The Poltergeist, Weibke Green|

After post-show Q&As for Tonight with Donnie Darko, Vincent River, Angry and Tender Napalm, I'm delighted to be invited to chair another discussion with Philip Ridley, one of the UK's greatest and most innovative living playwrights. This time for the live stage premiere of his online lockdown hit The Poltergeist.

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Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights
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Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights

Plays diary: Heisenberg, 31 Hours, All the Little Lights

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:44:29+00:0023 October 2017|Tags: 31 Hours, All the Little Lights, Arcola Theatre, Bunker Theatre, Elliott Harper, Fifth Word, Heisenberg, Jane Upton, Kieran Knowles, Marianne Elliott, Simon Stephens|

Clockwise from top left: 31 Hours, Heisenberg and All the Little Lights. I

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My theatre diary: Plays 4000 Days, Hangmen, The Dazzle, Jane Wenham, The Long Road South
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My theatre diary: Plays 4000 Days, Hangmen, The Dazzle, Jane Wenham, The Long Road South

My theatre diary: Plays 4000 Days, Hangmen, The Dazzle, Jane Wenham, The Long Road South

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:56:46+00:0025 January 2016|Tags: 4000 Days, Alistair McGowan, Andrew Scott, Andy Nyman, Arcola Theatre, David Dawson, David Morrissey, Found 111, Hangmen, Imogen Stubbs, Jane Wenham: The Witch of Walkern, Joanna Vanderhamm, Johnny Flynn, King's Head Theatre, Martin McDonagh, Matthew Dunster, Michael Brandon, Out of Joint, Park Theatre, Peter Quilter, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Richard Greenberg, The Dazzle, The Long Road South|

I'm well overdue for a theatre diary, aren't I? So here goes with a quick one

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My theatre diary: ‘New’ plays The First Man, Ticking, Teddy Ferrara, Eventide
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My theatre diary: ‘New’ plays The First Man, Ticking, Teddy Ferrara, Eventide

My theatre diary: ‘New’ plays The First Man, Ticking, Teddy Ferrara, Eventide

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:00:13+00:0022 October 2015|Tags: Anthony Head, Antony Biggs, Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris, Christopher Shinn, Dominic Cooke, Donmar Warehouse, Eugene O'Neill, Eventide, Jermyn Street Theatre, Matthew Marsh, Niamh Cusack, Teddy Ferrara, The First Man, Ticking, Tom Hughes, Up In Arms Theatre|

The new play's the thing, even when it's very old.... Here are four I've seen over

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INTERVIEW (pt2): Barney Norris on Peter Gill, Van Gogh writing and theatres as ’empathy engines’
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INTERVIEW (pt2): Barney Norris on Peter Gill, Van Gogh writing and theatres as ’empathy engines’

INTERVIEW (pt2): Barney Norris on Peter Gill, Van Gogh writing and theatres as ’empathy engines’

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:02:01+00:0028 September 2015|Tags: Alice Hamilton, Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris, Eventide, Peter Gill, Salisbury Playhouse, Up In Arms Theatre, Visitors|

Playwright Barney Norris has followed his award-winning debut Visitors with Eventide, which is now running at London's

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INTERVIEW (pt1): Eventide’s Barney Norris on monoculture, Thomas Hardy and Salisbury dreams
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INTERVIEW (pt1): Eventide’s Barney Norris on monoculture, Thomas Hardy and Salisbury dreams

INTERVIEW (pt1): Eventide’s Barney Norris on monoculture, Thomas Hardy and Salisbury dreams

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T13:02:08+00:0025 September 2015|Tags: Alice Hamilton, And Then Come the Nightjars, Arcola Theatre, Barney Norris, Bea Robert, Eventide, Gareth Machin, Mehmet Ergen, Salisbury Playhouse, Thomas Hardy, Up In Arms Theatre, Visitors|

Barney Norris with Eventide cast member Ellie Piercy in rehearsals I've been looking

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Photos and podcast: The making of new British musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts
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Photos and podcast: The making of new British musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts

Photos and podcast: The making of new British musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T23:59:02+00:007 July 2015|Tags: Andy Barnes, Arcola Theatre, Aria Entertainment, Eamonn O'Dwyer, HOMAH, Jamie Muscato, Katy Lipson, Molly McGuire, Musical theatre, New musicals, Perfect Pitch, Robert Gilbert, Terri Paddock events, The House of Mirrors and Hearts|

The adage – usually attributed to Sondheim – that “musicals aren’t written, they’re rewritten” was central to the post-show discussion that I hosted last night at London's Arcola Theatre.

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