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Man in the Rain post-show video and photos: Theatre as therapy, Shakespeare for the soul
Man in the Rain post-show video and photos: Theatre as therapy, Shakespeare for the soul

Man in the Rain post-show video and photos: Theatre as therapy, Shakespeare for the soul

By Terri Paddock|2025-01-15T22:53:33+00:0027 November 2024|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Caroline Faber, Propeller Theatre Company, Shakespeare, Tony Bell|

I first met actor Tony Bell twenty years ago thanks to Propeller Theatre, the hugely successful all-male Shakespearean ensemble. He now returns to the stage in a deeply personal, self-penned solo show.

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Man in the Rain
Man in the Rain

Man in the Rain

By Terri Paddock|2024-11-12T12:15:17+00:0012 November 2024|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Caroline Faber, Man in the Rain, Tony Bell|

Acclaimed Shakespearean actor and founder member of Edward Hall's Propeller ensemble company Tony Bell brings his first solo play, the "hilarious and moving" Man in the Rain, to London's Brockley Jack Theatre.

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Lear’s Shadow post-show video and photos: How to adapt Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy as a monologue
Lear’s Shadow post-show video and photos: How to adapt Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy as a monologue

Lear’s Shadow post-show video and photos: How to adapt Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy as a monologue

By Terri Paddock|2024-03-31T18:27:53+01:0018 February 2024|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Colin Hurley, Jack Studio Theatre, King Lear, Lear's Shadow, Shakespeare|

How do you reimagine a 3,700-line play with 20+ named characters and a normal performance time of up to four hours into a 70-minute monologue?

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Lear’s Shadow
Lear’s Shadow

Lear’s Shadow

By Terri Paddock|2024-02-12T10:53:42+00:0026 January 2024|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Colin Hurley, King Lear, Lear's Shadow|

How well do you know King Lear? You'll be much better enlightened - and, no doubt, inspired - after seeing Lear's Shadow, devised and performed at Brockley Jack Theatre by Shakespearean Colin Hurley.

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Q&A video and photos: What would Pete Buttigieg think of his Jekyll & Hyde incarnation?
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Q&A video and photos: What would Pete Buttigieg think of his Jekyll & Hyde incarnation?

Q&A video and photos: What would Pete Buttigieg think of his Jekyll & Hyde incarnation?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T16:24:13+00:008 September 2019|Tags: Arrows & Traps, Brockley Jack Theatre, Charlie Ryall, Christopher Tester, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, Jekyll & Hyde, Lucy Ioannou, Post-show Q&As, Ross McGregor, Terri Paddock events, The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde, Will Pinchin|

Arrows & Traps' 18th production in its five-year history is also its tenth at London's Brockley Jack Theatre, where it is now an associate company, and its third in a Gothic trilogy. And it's a corker.

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Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?
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Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?

Queen of the Mist Q&A video and photos: Why should we have more Michael John LaChiusa in the UK?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-25T21:05:50+00:0021 August 2019|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Charing Cross Theatre, Dom O'Hanlon, Featured Show, Michael John LaChiusa, Post-show Q&As, Queen of the Mist, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Trudi Camilleri|

Michael John LaChiusa was on his way back to the States by the time I chaired my post-show Q&A at the West End (and UK) premiere of his musical Queen Of The Mist - but I wonder if his ears were burning badly en route?

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Prometheus updated: From Frankenstein to artificial intelligence in The Test
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Prometheus updated: From Frankenstein to artificial intelligence in The Test

Prometheus updated: From Frankenstein to artificial intelligence in The Test

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:45:13+00:0030 September 2017|Tags: Arrows & Traps, Artificial Intelligence, Brockley Jack Theatre, Elon Musk, Frankenstein, Ian Dixon Potter, Ross McGregor, The Test, White Bear Theatre|

Christopher Tester in Frankenstein and Natasha Killam in The Test It has been

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Q&A podcast and photos: Is Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic?
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Q&A podcast and photos: Is Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic?

Q&A podcast and photos: Is Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T17:14:16+00:0028 July 2017|Tags: Brockley Jack Theatre, Kemi-bo, Lazarus Theatre, Professor Elizabeth Schafer, Rebecca Manson-Jones, Sara Reimers, Terri Paddock events, The Taming of the Shrew|

Is Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew inherently misogynistic? Particularly with its treatment of spirited Kate, the Shrew of the title, who is starved and mentally tormented (gaslighting long before Patrick Hamilton, Ingrid Bergman or Donald Trump).

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