Mind The Blog
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Theatre & other stuff. #LDNTheatreBloggers #Mates. #UKBA19 nominee. Also BroadwayWorld UK. Posts by Debbie. Invites by email only: pleasemindtheblog@gmail.com
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REVIEW: The Hunger Games On Stage at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
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The Hunger Games On Stage
As London gains another new theatre, the irrepressible force of stage adaptations of books & films marches on: yes, The Hunger Games On Stage has officially opened at the Troubadour Canary Whar…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
REVIEW: The Hunger Games On Stage at Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
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"Physically demanding for the cast, not emotionally demanding for the audience"
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Opening night for The Hunger Games... 🏹
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Opening night for The Hunger Games... 🏹
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
Thanks for inviting me, @cindymarcolina.bsky.social!
#TheHungerGamesOnStage
REVIEW: The Talented Mr Ripley at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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The Talented Mr Ripley
“Have you ever had the feeling that you’re being watched?” Hot on the heels of Netflix’s hit series Ripley comes Mark Leipacher’s stage adaptation of the Patricia High…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
REVIEW: The Talented Mr Ripley at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"Ed McVey's awkward & creepy Ripley is magnificent"
#MrRipleyOnStage #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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A chilling evening in store at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social, as it's the press night for The Talented Mr Ripley...
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A chilling evening in store at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social, as it's the press night for The Talented Mr Ripley...
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
#MrRipleyOnStage #TheTalentedMrRipley
BLOG POST: #JoePenhall - "It’s got a medicinal quality"
Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Sunny Afternoon: “It’s got a medicinal quality”
Where new musicals (and jukebox musicals in particular) so often come unstuck is their book. The songs can be catchy, melodic & purposeful, but if they’re not backed up by a decent plot a…
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
BLOG POST: #JoePenhall - "It’s got a medicinal quality"
Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read the playwright & screenwriter's thoughts on his career & the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
This week Sunny Afternoon is at the Grand Opera House, York.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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MINI-REVIEWS: Romeo a Juliet at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse & Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright at New Theatre Oxford
Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Mini-Reviews: Romeo a Juliet / Inside No. 9 (tour)
Two very different shows in one week calls for a couple of mini-reviews! Really the only thing that links them (aside from timing) is that both were hotly anticipated productions for me. I’ve…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
MINI-REVIEWS: Romeo a Juliet at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse & Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright at New Theatre Oxford
Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Both were "hotly anticipated productions" 🎭
#RomeoAJuliet #Shakespeare #InsideNo9 #StageFright #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So many of my "this is why I love theatre" moments have happened at the Globe. Tonight was another, with the brilliant bilingual (English & Welsh) production of Romeo & Juliet. The language is so rich & expressive - the whole experience was on another level.
#RomeoAJuliet
#RomeoAJuliet
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So many of my "this is why I love theatre" moments have happened at the Globe. Tonight was another, with the brilliant bilingual (English & Welsh) production of Romeo & Juliet. The language is so rich & expressive - the whole experience was on another level.
#RomeoAJuliet
#RomeoAJuliet
BLOG POST: #RayDavies - "The 60s were our revolution"
Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Sunny Afternoon: “The 60s were our revolution”
Long-term readers of Mind the Blog will remember the heady days of Sunny Afternoon in the West End; October 2014-October 2016 was an intense period of theatregoing once I discovered the show, and i…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
BLOG POST: #RayDavies - "The 60s were our revolution"
Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Read @thekinksofficial.bsky.social frontman's thoughts on the new tour of Sunny Afternoon...
Sunny Afternoon is at the Sunderland Empire for the rest of this week.
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
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Theatre in 2025
Time to get back in the swing of the ol’ reviewing game… Theatre1536, AlmeidaA Christmas Carol, Old VicA Man For All Seasons, Richmond TheatreA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bridge The…
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November 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
so paddington is going to be played by a small person in a bear costume, is that what the big secret was
That's it - the Sunny tour has begun. Thank you, @palaceandopera.bsky.social 💛
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
October 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That's it - the Sunny tour has begun. Thank you, @palaceandopera.bsky.social 💛
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
#SunnyAfternoon #TheKinks
BLOG POST: "Discovering The Classics" - The Kink Kontroversy
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
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To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
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“Discovering The Classics” – The Kink Kontroversy
The VitalsRelease date: 26 November 1965UK chart peak: #9Running time: 30:12Singles: Till the End of the Day (#8) Their second UK release of the year (following on from March’s Kinda Kinks), …
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October 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
BLOG POST: "Discovering The Classics" - The Kink Kontroversy
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
#RayDavies #TheKinks pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/d...
To mark the first performance of the new #SunnyAfternoon tour, I've dug out another album celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
#RayDavies #TheKinks pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/d...
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Our first review from this years #BFIlondonfilm festival is now live! Find out what we made of Wake Up Dead Man here: lovelondonloveculture.com/2025/10/08/r...
REVIEW: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, BFI London Film Festival
Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc to solve his most perplexing case to date – with some extremely clever twists… Rian Johnson has done it once again: created an intriguing murder-my…
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October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our first review from this years #BFIlondonfilm festival is now live! Find out what we made of Wake Up Dead Man here: lovelondonloveculture.com/2025/10/08/r...
October 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
BLOG POST: Mind The Bard 2025 round-up
In the year of Hamlets...
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In the year of Hamlets...
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#MindTheBard 2025: round-up
At least I’m used to #MindTheBard weeks (and challenge weeks in general) being derailed by now… Yes, the previously mentioned tiring month at work had me completely run down almost befo…
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October 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
BLOG POST: Mind The Bard 2025 round-up
In the year of Hamlets...
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In the year of Hamlets...
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It wouldn't be a Shakespeare week without a trip to The Globe, would it? Press night for Troilus and Cressida!
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#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It wouldn't be a Shakespeare week without a trip to The Globe, would it? Press night for Troilus and Cressida!
#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida
#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida
PREVIEW: Troilus and Cressida at The Globe
A rarely-performed play that was probably due a return.
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A rarely-performed play that was probably due a return.
#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida #Shakespeare
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#MindTheBard 2025: “The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!” – Troilus and Cressida preview
Although named after two Trojan lovers, Troilus and Cressida mostly focuses on the events that take place towards the end of Homer’s Iliad. After Menelaus’ queen Helen left Sparta wit…
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October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
PREVIEW: Troilus and Cressida at The Globe
A rarely-performed play that was probably due a return.
#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida #Shakespeare
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A rarely-performed play that was probably due a return.
#MindTheBard #TroilusAndCressida #Shakespeare
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October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's a bloodfest for the next round of #MindTheBard! I'm back at Hampstead Theatre and really intrigued to see what Max Webster has done with Titus Andronicus.
#HTTitusAndronicus
#HTTitusAndronicus
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's a bloodfest for the next round of #MindTheBard! I'm back at Hampstead Theatre and really intrigued to see what Max Webster has done with Titus Andronicus.
#HTTitusAndronicus
#HTTitusAndronicus
For today's edition of #MindTheBard, we explore the enduring relevance of Shakespeare's works and what goes into the creation of a new production. Plus nationality, nationalism, identity, genocide... They pack a lot in!
#EnglishKingsKillingForeigners
#EnglishKingsKillingForeigners
September 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
For today's edition of #MindTheBard, we explore the enduring relevance of Shakespeare's works and what goes into the creation of a new production. Plus nationality, nationalism, identity, genocide... They pack a lot in!
#EnglishKingsKillingForeigners
#EnglishKingsKillingForeigners
September 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
REVIEW: Hamlet at the Minerva Theatre
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"The fencing scene is a definite highlight"
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"The fencing scene is a definite highlight"
#Hamlet #MindTheBard #Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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Hamlet (Chichester 2025)
Somehow, despite it being probably the most performed Shakespeare play of them all, Justin Audibert’s production of Hamlet is the very first to be staged on the Chichester Festival Theatre si…
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September 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
REVIEW: Hamlet at the Minerva Theatre
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"The fencing scene is a definite highlight"
#Hamlet #MindTheBard #Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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"The fencing scene is a definite highlight"
#Hamlet #MindTheBard #Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #TheatreBloggers
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The first show of #MindTheBard 2025 is Hamlet at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester.
Nothing like starting with a bit of a marathon effort..!
#Hamlet #RevengeOfTheSixth
Nothing like starting with a bit of a marathon effort..!
#Hamlet #RevengeOfTheSixth
September 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The first show of #MindTheBard 2025 is Hamlet at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester.
Nothing like starting with a bit of a marathon effort..!
#Hamlet #RevengeOfTheSixth
Nothing like starting with a bit of a marathon effort..!
#Hamlet #RevengeOfTheSixth
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Challenge Week!
Introducing #MindTheBard: Revenge of the Sixth
Taking place between 27 September & 3 October...
#Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers #Mates
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Introducing #MindTheBard: Revenge of the Sixth
Taking place between 27 September & 3 October...
#Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers #Mates
pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/c...
Challenge Week 2025: Mind The Bard
Roll call! So far there has been Mind The Bard, Mind The Bard: 2 Bard 2 Spurious, Mind The Bard 3: Hospital Shift, Mind The Bard 4: Tyrant Fever, and Mind The Bard 5: You’re Bard. This time (…
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September 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2025 Challenge Week!
Introducing #MindTheBard: Revenge of the Sixth
Taking place between 27 September & 3 October...
#Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers #Mates
pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/c...
Introducing #MindTheBard: Revenge of the Sixth
Taking place between 27 September & 3 October...
#Shakespeare #LDNTheatreBloggers #theatrebloggers #Mates
pleasemindtheblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/c...