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This just in from the Old Vic: Aladdin returns to The Old Vic after its sell-out run last year. Starring Ian McKellen as Widow Twankey. Also starring Roger Allam and Frances Barber. We have two fabulous Aladdin offers exclusively for Lambeth and Southwark residents: FREE ALADDIN DRESS REHEARSAL â
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As the excellent Newsblog of Bermondsey Street-based The Stage reports, the Menier Chocolate Factory has won another award - this time best newcomer at Monday's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. And you don't seem to be able to open the papers at the moment without finding a
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The Empty Space/Peter Brook Awards, now in their 16th year, were presented today in a lunchtime ceremony at the Theatre Museum, with Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre, Southwark’s Menier Chocolate Factory and the Finborough Theatre all receiving awards. More from Whatsonstage.com
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The former Old Vic Annexe in The Cut now houses the NT's studio, a secretive, experimental space for actors and playwrights. Maddy Costa in today's Guardian takes a look behind the scenes ahead of next years' £6 million refurbishment of the drab building.
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Writing in today's Independent Mark Rylance looks back on 10 years in charge of Shakespeare's Globe.
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Stephen Sharkey on life as a steward for Southwark Playhouse's production of The Canterbury Tales. And Sarah Peters: "Daytime I am a trade union administrator – but by night I am a Production Assistant for Southwark Playhouse’s outdoor production of â
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Today's Guardian profiles the people behind the success of the Menier Chocolate Factory: David Babani and Danielle Tarento vividly remember the first time they walked into the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark. Derelict since the 1980s, the building had been converted into a theatre and gallery by its
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There are grounds for optimism, writes Benedict Nightingale in The Time
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interviewed in today's Observer.
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Kevin Spacey is due to appear for just seven weeks of the much-anticipated season of The Philadelphia Story, the final production in his inaugural season as Old Vic artistic director reports What's on Stage Meanwhile Andrew Pierce in The Times reports: "KEVIN SPACEY’S
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This from today's Guardian: "Around one in 10 audience members are walking out of Philip Ridley's post 9/11 play Mercury Fur at the Menier Chocolate Factory in Southwark. The show's graphic language, claustrophobic setting and two-hour, interval-free running time have
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...reports The Stage, the Bermondsey Street-based showbiz bible which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year.
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