Marianka Swain
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Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review
The 2001 Reese Witherspoon-starring film Legally Blonde, upon which Heather Hach, Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s peppy Broadway musical is based, was something of a Trojan horse: a bubblegum-pink comedy with a feminist spine. → Read More
Winners Announced For The 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards!
We are excited to announce the winners for the 2021 Broadway UK Awards! As voted for by the public, the awards celebrate the best new productions in the West End and around the country - as well as our special awards to mark this extraordinary period in theatre. → Read More
See The Current Standings In The 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards; Cast Your Vote!
Voting continues for the 2021 BroadwayWorld UK Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favourites. See the current standings below, and cast your vote... → Read More
Book Exclusively Priced Tickets For Top Shows During London Theatre Week!
London Theatre Week is back with more shows than ever! → Read More
BWW Review: THE FOREST, Hampstead Theatre
How might Florian Zeller return to the theatre following his Oscar triumph for The Father? London's Hampstead Theatre hosts the world premiere of his latest play, The Forest. → Read More
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre review
One of the many theatrical casualties of Omicron in December was the official UK opening of Moulin Rouge!, the stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s indelible 2001 film that has already racked up 10 Tony Awards for its 2019 Broadway production (albeit in a depleted season). → Read More
Frozen, Theatre Royal Drury Lane review
Let it snow! The Broadway musical adaptation of the Disney film behemoth Frozen premiered back in 2018 and now, following Covid delays, a rejigged version finally makes its home in the West End – to the delight of the army of miniature Elsas in attendance. The good news is that there’s plenty here to keep grown-ups entertained as well. → Read More
Three Kings, Old Vic: In Camera review
Andrew Scott performs this new monologue exploring family and the burden of inheritance → Read More
Sleepless, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre review
A standard screen-to-stage transfer, but hugely welcome post-lockdown. Theatre review by Marianka Swain → Read More
Songs for a New World, The Other Palace Digital review
Jason Robert Brown's abstract musical offers resonant tales of the unexpected → Read More
Hamilton, Disney+ review - puts us all in the room where it happened
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical gets another shot on screen → Read More
The Last Five Years, The Other Palace Digital review
Jason Robert Brown's chamber musical has new lockdown resonance → Read More
Cats, The Shows Must Go On review
This filmed version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical captures its eccentric charms → Read More
The Thread, Sadler's Wells Digital Stage review
Russell Maliphant breathes fresh life into Hellenic tradition → Read More
Treasure Island, National Theatre at Home review
The wonderful Patsy Ferran anchors a creatively updated classic → Read More
Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre online review
Howard Brenton's play offers a lucid account of the Partition of India → Read More
Jane Eyre, National Theatre at Home review
The National Theatre’s online broadcasts got off to a storming start with One Man, Two Guvnors – watched by over 2.5 million people, either on the night or in the week since its live streaming, and raising around £66,000 in donations. → Read More
Rumpelstiltskin, Sadler's Wells Digital Stage review
balletLORENT provides a sunnier take on the the Brothers Grimm → Read More
I and You, Hampstead Theatre review - now streaming online, this YA play is oddly pertinent
Head to Instagram for a 2018 production with plenty of 2020 shutdown wisdom. Theatre review by Marianka Swain → Read More
Sondheim at 90 Songs: 1
We're celebrating the great man's birthday with favourite numbers - mine's from 'Follies'. Review by Marianka Swain → Read More