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The Year in Brief: 2018 in review(s)

Mark ShentonThursday December 27Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

Some of the shows I missed in 2018 — and some of the shows I loved.

The week in brief (w/e October 14)

Mark ShentonSunday October 14Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

The week’s news, reviews, quotes and tweets in theatre from both sides of the Atlantic, including an interview with Sonia Friedman, reviews of Shakespeare in three different abbreviated versions, and a YouTube star appearing on Broadway.

The week in brief (w/e October 7)

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The week in brief (w/e September 16)

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News, reviews, controversies and commentary from the West End and Broadway, including the first West End job share and the re-opening of the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle)

My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c May 9)

Mark ShentonMonday May 9Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

New entries this week are the return of Funny Girl, transferred from the Menier to the Savoy, and A MIdsummer Night’s Dream at the Globe.

My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c April 25)

Mark ShentonTuesday April 26Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

New entry this week is Show Boat, transferred from Chichester to the New London.

My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c April 11)

Mark ShentonTuesday April 12Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

New entries this week are Les Blancs at the National and How the Other Half Loves in the West End.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 28)

Mark ShentonTuesday March 29Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

After re-visiting The Book of Mormon, it makes it into this week’s Top Ten; so does People, Places and Things, newly transferred from the National to the West End.

My Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 21)

Mark ShentonMonday March 21Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

After three one-star shows in a row last week, there’s a guaranteed hit opening this week when People, Places and Things transfers from the National.

Theatre openings and my Top Ten Choices of the Week (w/c March 14)

Mark ShentonMonday March 14Features, Include in homepage slide?Leave a Comment

Top ten of the week, plus new openings at the St James, Young Vic and Garrick.

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Recent Articles

  • March 2: Glory palaces of cinema that became theatres — and vice versa — that I long to visit again (or for the first time)
  • March 1: Diary items: Harry Potter’s re-opening Down Under, and the Hospital Club’s closing in London
  • February 28: It’s good to be optimistic — but better to be cautious
  • February 27: Star (and stunt) casting is still all the rage, but is it necessarily a bad thing?
  • February 26: ShenTens: My Top Ten Favourite West End Leading Ladies
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