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Anna Bailey
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Reporter, presenter, producer, BBC Radio 4/World Service/London. Maker of Inheritance Tracks. Like to hear your stories and ideas on arts/culture.
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On this week's Curtain Up we take a look at The Harder They Come, The Weir, Punch and The Lady from the Sea.
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Natey Jones and Madeline Charlemagne in The Harder They Come at Theatre Royal Stratford. Credit: Danny Kaan. Dominic Gleeson in The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Credit: Richard Gilligan. David Shields in Punch at the Apollo Theatre. Credit: Marc Brenner. Andrew Lincoln and Alicia Vikander in The Lady from the Sea at The Bridge. Credit: Johan Persson.
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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On Curtain Up we take a look at:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe @sadlerswells.bsky.social Brigadoon
@Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Good Night, Oscar @barbicancentre.bsky.social
Every Brilliant Thing @Soho Place
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Brigadoon Good Night, Oscar Every Brilliant Thing
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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On Curtain Up this week, we review Intimate Apparel at the Donmar, Till The Stars Come Down at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Stereophonic at The Duke of York and A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge.
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Samira Wiley in Intimate Apparel at the Donmar. Till The Stars Come Down at The Theatre Royal Haymarket. Stereophonic at The Duke of York's Theatre. A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Bridge.
July 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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On Curtain Up this week, we take a look at Marie and Rosetta at the Rose theatre, Here We Are at the National, Retrograde at the Apollo Theatre and The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum. From 02:49:12: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Here We Are at the National Theatre
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The Archers actor Charles Collingwood (aka Brian Aldridge) shares his Inheritance Tracks on BBC R4's Saturday Live, as he celebrates 50 years in Ambridge: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Thanks to Clair Woodward of The Sunday Times, for recommending In The Studio with Anna Clyne and Jody Elff, in her round up of radio programmes and podcasts this week. On BBC World Service and BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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On Curtain Up on BBC Radio London, we feature Much Ado About Nothing, Alterations, Clueless The Musical and Richard II. From 2:48:46
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Much Ado About Nothing at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane Alterations at the National Theatre Clueless The Musical at The Trafalgar Theatre Richard II at The Bridge Theatre
March 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Our 'Curtain Up' guide to theatre in London this Christmas including Ballet Shoes, The Little Foxes, Benjamin Button The Musical and The Importance of Being Earnest from 2.47:25: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Ballet Shoes at The National Theatre The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Musical at Ambassadors Theatre Little Foxes at The Young Vic The Importance of Being Earnest at The National Theatre
December 21, 2024 at 1:04 PM