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Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music
Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music

Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music

By Terri Paddock|2026-03-07T23:01:04+00:0015 February 2026|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Ballad Lines, Katy Lipson, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Tania Azevedo|

When director Tania Azevedo and composer Finn Anderson were first commissioned to write a new musical, they decided to follow two parallel lines of exploration.

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Ballad Lines
Ballad Lines

Ballad Lines

By Terri Paddock|2026-01-11T22:46:56+00:0015 December 2025|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Ballad Lines, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Tania Azevedo|

Calling all fans of Hadestown, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Once. Soaring new folk musical Ballad Lines premieres at London's Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

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Mrs President post-show video and photos: How should Mary Todd Lincoln be remembered?
Mrs President post-show video and photos: How should Mary Todd Lincoln be remembered?

Mrs President post-show video and photos: How should Mary Todd Lincoln be remembered?

By Terri Paddock|2025-04-06T00:05:13+01:0023 February 2025|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Bronagh Lagan, Charing Cross Theatre, Miriam Grace-Edwards, Mrs President, Sam Jenkins-Shaw|

It’s hard to imagine a woman whose life was more defined by grief and loss than Mary Todd Lincoln, as I discovered thanks to American multi-disciplinary artist John Ransom Phillips’ intriguing new play.

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Mrs President
Mrs President

Mrs President

By Terri Paddock|2025-02-19T21:09:35+00:0026 January 2025|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Charing Cross Theatre, Mrs President|

Can the world's first celebrity photographer help Abraham Lincoln's wife woo an angry public? John Ransom Phillips' acclaimed historical two-hander Mrs President brings to life a politically charged portrait of America's most misunderstood First Lady.

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Marie Curie post-show video and photos: Where’s the science in musical theatre?
Marie Curie post-show video and photos: Where’s the science in musical theatre?

Marie Curie post-show video and photos: Where’s the science in musical theatre?

By Terri Paddock|2024-07-01T20:57:41+01:0020 June 2024|Tags: Ailsa Davidson, Aria Entertainment, Charing Cross Theatre, Chrissie Bhima, Marie Curie, Musicals, Terri Paddock events, Thomas Josling|

Before chairing this discussion for Marie Curie at Charing Cross Theatre, I was racking my brains trying to think of other musicals about science. Films and plays aplenty. But musicals?

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A Song of Songs
A Song of Songs

A Song of Songs

By Terri Paddock|2024-05-21T15:00:38+01:0016 May 2024|Tags: A Song of Songs, Aria Entertainment, Ofra Daniel, Park Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Post-show talks|

From an unprecedented collaboration of international artists comes A Song of Songs, the award-winning and critically acclaimed musical theatre experience, now in its London premiere at the Park Theatre.

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Marie Curie: A new musical
Marie Curie: A new musical

Marie Curie: A new musical

By Terri Paddock|2024-04-21T17:43:25+01:0021 April 2024|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Charing Cross Theatre, Katy Lipson, Marie Curie, Musicals, New musicals, Post-show Q&As, Sarah Meadows|

A hit in Asia, this sweeping new musical inspired by the life, and moral choices, of ground-breaking scientist Marie Curie, gets its English-language premiere in a new production, directed by Sarah Meadows.

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Flowers for Mrs Harris
Flowers for Mrs Harris

Flowers for Mrs Harris

By Terri Paddock|2023-09-01T14:43:36+01:0019 August 2023|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Flowers for Mrs Harris, Jenna Russell, Katy Lipson, Riverside Studios|

Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Jenna Russell takes the title role in new musical Flowers For Mrs Harris, which finally gets its London premiere at Riverside Studios after critical acclaim at Sheffield Crucible and Chichester Festival Theatre.

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The Last Five Years: The piano is the new star in Jason Robert Brown’s two-hander
The Last Five Years: The piano is the new star in Jason Robert Brown’s two-hander

The Last Five Years: The piano is the new star in Jason Robert Brown’s two-hander

By Terri Paddock|2021-09-27T11:09:49+01:0027 September 2021|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Garrick Theatre, Jason Robert Brown, Jonathan O'Boyle, Katy Lipson, Molly Lynch, Musicals, Oli Higginson, Southwark Playhouse, The Last Five Years, West End|

There's a line in The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's semi-autobiographical musical two-hander about a relationship breakdown, that gets me every time.

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