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Author: James Haddrell

Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell takes a look back at 2020 and the affect had on the performing arts

8 January 20217 January 2021 James Haddrell 0 Comments

This time last year I was writing a column listing my highlights for 2020, from big West End shows to fringe shows full of exciting potential, mapping out a year of theatregoing. Little could I know that theatres would end up closed for most of the year.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

James Haddrell takes a look at how the pandemic has changed our lives – and our vocabulary

27 November 202027 November 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

As well as testing the very outer limits of the NHS, bringing the country to a standstill and perhaps unexpectedly leading to an explosion in the domestic production of banana bread, the pandemic has also brought changes to our vocabulary.

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Best Of South London Theatre 

Stuff the ‘new normal’ – we want proper normal back, and it can’t come too soon

20 November 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

As well as testing the very outer limits of the NHS, bringing the country to a standstill and perhaps unexpectedly leading to an explosion in the domestic production of banana bread, the pandemic has also brought changes to our vocabulary.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell: The new normal in theatre

20 November 202012 December 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

With theatres closed once again due to Covid-19 it is easy for us as an industry to either desperately search for ways to continue what we were doing before, either online or maybe next month with socially distanced audiences, or just to cease operation until this is all over so that we can turn everything back on in 2021.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Lockdown can’t stop Greenwich Theatre putting on a performance

13 November 202012 November 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

We may be back in lockdown but at Greenwich Theatre we remain determined to present some of the most exciting new work around, so the Government’s confirmation that we can work in the building on rehearsal and streamed performances was certainly a welcome one.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

How is the second lockdown going to affect our theatres?

6 November 20205 November 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

As we enter a new national lockdown we are all approaching the weeks ahead with a much better understanding of what that is going to mean.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Getting up close and personal with historical figures

29 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

If there is one thing that the pandemic has made us challenge in the theatre industry, it’s the nature of theatre. What makes something theatre? A year ago the answer would inevitably have been something to do with a group of people coming together to watch or participate in an event, performed by another person or group of people.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell looks into what makes something theatre

23 October 202029 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

If there is one thing that the pandemic has made us challenge in the theatre industry, it’s the nature of theatre. What makes something theatre? A year ago the answer would inevitably have been something to do with a group of people coming together to watch or participate in an event, performed by another person or group of people.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Archive streaming and live online broadcasting – Greenwich Theatre at the forefront of post-lockdown production

7 October 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

The pandemic has meant many things to arts organisations across the country. Clearly, at the top of the list, is the fight for survival brought about by a long period of closure and the ongoing inability to accurately forecast a full reopening.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Greenwich Theatre plans panto for Easter 2021

28 September 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

At a time when theatres are only gradually returning to business, with socially distanced audiences, restrictions on bar sales and uncertainty around funding applications, venues around the country are facing the same question. To paraphrase The Sound Of Music – “how do you solve a problem like pantomime?”

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Local author celebrates Giuseppe Garibaldi

28 September 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

For over 12 years in the first half of the nineteenth century, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the hero of Italian unification, lived, learned and fought in South America. He was tortured, escaped death on countless occasions, and met his Brazilian wife, Anita, who eloped with him in 1839.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Supporting a digital future

15 June 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

While lockdown begins to ease, with markets already reopened, non-essential shops set to reopen next Monday and even zoos now given the go-ahead to welcome visitors again, those working in theatre – and those who love going to the theatre – are desperate for an indication of when performance venues may join the list of businesses permitted to resume their operations.

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Coronavirus Lifestyle Theatre 

Theatrical COVID recovery will come sooner for some

29 May 202028 October 2020 James Haddrell 1 Comment

To suggest that this is a tough time for theatres would be like suggesting that the depletion of the ozone layer isn’t really ideal for icebergs. However, there is a tendency in the media to report the boldest, most sensational aspect of a story, and the risk is that the headlines then become self-fulfilling prophesies.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell: The survival of theatre and financial support

24 May 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

Over the past few weeks the word emergency has become incredibly significant in theatre, as Arts Council England has been assessing and responding to applications to their emergency response fund from individual artists, companies and venues.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell: Celebrating theatre

18 May 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

Regular readers will know that I have been reflecting over the past few weeks on the explosion of free theatre currently available to watch online.

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Coronavirus Whats On 

Photographers unite to support COVID-19 charities

1 May 202028 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

Along with so many others, working from home is starting to get difficult. Some days the barriers are linked to

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Why lockdown offers an opportunity for theatre

1 May 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

Like many other theatres, at Greenwich we are offering audiences the opportunity to watch theatre from home while we’re all caught up in lockdown.

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Coronavirus Lifestyle Theatre 

Running a theatre under COVID-19

24 April 202028 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

The challenges facing the UK economy as the COVID-19 crisis continues are being well documented on a daily basis, with premises closed, staff furloughed and production and distribution at a standstill across the country.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Free theatre highlights now heading online

18 April 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

As the period of lockdown that we’re all living through is formally extended, more and more theatres and theatre companies are dusting off video recordings of their back catalogue and presenting work online, much of it for free.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

First ever online premiere for Philip Ridley unveiled

12 April 202011 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

I have often wondered whether there is a way that theatre could engage audiences on a returning basis in the

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Coronavirus Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell: Theatre’s survival in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis

3 April 202028 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

What can a theatre do in a state of lockdown, when the whole reason for its existence is to bring

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Coronavirus Entertainment Whats On 

Tape Letters project responds to COVID-19

29 March 202028 October 2020 James Haddrell 0 Comments

As the country is plunged into a state of lockdown with families and friends separated from one another and seeking

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Theatre 

Greenwich Theatre launches Greenwich Connects

23 March 202020 June 2020 James Haddrell 1 Comment

Last Monday, following government advice, Greenwich Theatre suspended all performances in both the main house and the studio. However, with

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Education

Teachers fear kids without laptops and tablets are falling behind
Education Hammersmith & Fulham 

Teachers fear kids without laptops and tablets are falling behind

14 January 2021 News Reporter 0

When the new lockdown was announced on January 4, teachers once again found themselves having to turn their work lives upside down and reinvent their classrooms online.

Best Of South London

South London artist documents life in the pandemic through new book
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

South London artist documents life in the pandemic through new book

15 January 202114 January 2021 News Reporter 0

A charity worker has published a book of drawings that document her life and the news throughout the pandemic.

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