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Marianka Swain

Marianka Swain was UK Editor-in-chief of BroadwayWorld. A London-based theatre critic and arts journalist, she also contributes to other outlets such as the Telegraph, The i Paper, Ham & High, Islington Gazette, Dancing Times and theartsdesk, and she is a member of the Critics' Circle. You can find more of her work at www.mkmswain.com or follow her on Twitter @mkmswain

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BWW: KISS ME, KATE, London Coliseum

BWW: KISS ME, KATE, London Coliseum

June 21, 2018

Cole Porter's 1948 love letter to showbiCole Porter's 1948 love letter to showbiz is brilliantly served by Opera North's big, bold and bawdy production - both soaringly romantic and packed with meta winks.

TV: Watch The Trailer For West End Live 2018!

TV: Watch The Trailer For West End Live 2018!

June 8, 2018

A packed schedule of productions will be performing at this year's West End Live, including Disney's The Lion King, Wicked, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom Of The Opera, Disney's Aladdin, Dreamgirls, Bat Out Of Hell The Musical, Kinky Boots, Matilda The Musical, Motown The Musical, Everybody

BWW Review: JULIE, National Theatre

BWW Review: JULIE, National Theatre

June 8, 2018

Polly Stenham's updating of Strindberg's Miss Julie moves the action to contemporary London, and finds both contempt and sympathy for this new version of the idle rich.

Central School Issues Statement In Response To Protests

Central School Issues Statement In Response To Protests

May 16, 2018

Students from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama recently organised a walkout 'for equity, diversity and inclusion', protesting the institution's inequalities and comments made by Principal Gavin Henderson at a Dear White Central event - read more here.

BWW Review: DESCRIBE THE NIGHT, Hampstead Theatre

BWW Review: DESCRIBE THE NIGHT, Hampstead Theatre

May 10, 2018

American playwright Rajiv Joseph's latest certainly doesn't lack for ambition, spanning 90 years, three countries, and mixing history and fiction in its form to make a point about, well, mixing history and fiction.

Review: MOOD MUSIC, Old Vic

Review: MOOD MUSIC, Old Vic

May 3, 2018

Gendered power dynamics, the commodification of art, and abuse in the creative industries: Joe Penhall's new play certainly feels of the moment, and there's a particular frisson in seeing such subject matter explored at the Old Vic, which is dealing with the legacy of Kevin Spacey.

TV: The Cast Discuss The Opening Night Of CHESS!

TV: The Cast Discuss The Opening Night Of CHESS!

May 2, 2018

The first West End production of Chess since 1986 stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Cedric Neal as The Arbiter, Tim Howar as Freddie, Cassidy Janson as Florence and Phillip Browne as Molokov.

BWW Review: CHESS, London Coliseum

BWW Review: CHESS, London Coliseum

May 1, 2018

Chess, by Tim Rice and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, hasn't had a major West End revival since its Eighties heyday, but it's back with a bang in a semi-staged production that features aerial silk acrobatics, cheerleading stunts and drunken Cossack dancing.




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