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Dance: The Lost Princess

... came naturally to them, it could hardly be bettered. The chamber orchestra was dominated by its talented and (com paratively speaking) overworked pianist. Susan Corbett ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 342 | Page: 7 | Tags: performance review 

pLAY rEVIEWS: Bastard Angel

... anti social characters vividly and strongly; his dialogue is packed with most of the four letter words (no one is able to speak even a sentence without swearing which soon be comes meaningless). Between scenes, there are gig passages, the music pounded ...

Published: Thursday 07 February 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 297 | Page: 11 | Tags: performance review 

More Play Reviews: Before The Party

... making his debut as a director, has tautened them they will, no doubt, have an even sharper effect especially if some of the speaking was stronger than on the first night. Jane Asher, in the central role of Laura, added greatly to her already fine stature ...

Published: Thursday 07 February 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 395 | Page: 12 | Tags: performance review 

Plays Reviews: Threads at Hampstead

... was possible to gather a great deal from the acting. With Threads, it is a case of understanding, without aids, how people speak in Paisley and to grasp what a crowd of workers in a dye factory are about when they gather for a party at the local town hall ...

Published: Monday 03 March 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 255 | Page: 7 | Tags: performance review 

Dance: Royal Ballet School

... annual performance by the Royal Ballet School, which was given at the Royal Opera House, standards fluctuated. Generally speaking the girls looked stronger and more supple than in previous years; footwork from both girls and boys was neat and elevation ...

Published: Thursday 07 August 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 323 | Page: 25 | Tags: performance review 

BANDS & JAZZ: The tough guy running the Jazz Centre Society

... promot ing outfit to an organisation of national significance, concerned with jazz-related issues on every level. The figures speak for themselves. The JCS set up shop in 1968 with a £400 grant from the Arts Council. By 1976-77 its Arts Council funding had ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1675 | Page: 25 | Tags: performance review 

Bands and Jazz: Peter Boizot: jazz fan who can indulge his tastes

... in a position to in dulge his tastes, to the extent of bowing his favourite musicians to play in his own dining room, so to speak. To the catering industry, however, he is known as the man who brought the pizza (o London. Sure, this Italian savoury was ...

Published: Thursday 16 October 1980
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1115 | Page: 27 | Tags: performance review 

Play Reviews: Macready

... debut as Romeo, Macready was destined to become Kean's greatest rival, the actor who kept acting even though he'd finished speak ing and who paused mid-speech for psychological reasons (later called do ing a Macready), the director who in stituted rehearsals ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1981
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 325 | Page: 11 | Tags: performance review