Even Andrew Lloyd Webber warned us about Vladimir Putin
For context, the meeting came about at Lloyd Webber’s insistence. The BBC asked him to fly the flag for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, to be hosted…
Why we all relate to literature’s ‘ugly’ heroes
Like Cyrano, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame acknowledges that the link between physical desire and the “higher” yearning for a kindred spirit are not easily reconciled. Roxane vows…
British culture is in existential peril – DCMS must be broken up
In addition, next year, there must be a doubling down on the Government’s disdain for the “woke” vogue that’s plaguing the arts. There’s no point putting more…
The West End at breaking point: ‘We’re running out of Sellotape to hold everything together’
The commercial sector has received little in the way of government financial support. “I think the Government is now basically saying ‘We can’t afford to support anyone…
The biggest stars of British theatre in 2021 didn’t even set foot on a stage
Likewise, you could see why Andrew Lloyd Webber was so keen to get his latest musical, Cinderella, open, even vowing he’d risk jail by flouting social distancing…
The Stephen Sondheim I knew: Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more remember
Stephen was my best teacher in musical theatre. His notes were very concise and specific and he could sometimes be harsh. He told me once not to…