Mark Monahan
Arts Editor, Dance Critic and Comedy Critic at The Telegraph
Arts Editor, Dance Critic and Comedy Critic of the Telegraph (late of Harper's), also writing about film from time to time. Personal (t)whitterings only here.
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msn.com | Mark Monahan
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yahoo.com | Mark Monahan
The Royal Ballet’s show Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in 2024 - Alice PennefatherThe 2025 dance calendar for these islands is proving an unusually rich tapestry of big revivals and world firsts.
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yahoo.com | Mark Monahan
“Wheeldon Works”? He sure does. Extravagantly talented, protean and industrious, the Yeovil-born wonder has a CV that’s packed to the gunwales with goodies. With Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2011), The Winter’s Tale (2014) and Like Water for Chocolate (2022), the Royal Ballet’s “artistic associate” has done more than any other choreographer to keep the three-act ballet alive and kicking. All the while, has also created a wealth of shorter, rich abstract ballets on both sides of the Atlantic.
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telegraph.co.uk | Mark Monahan
A closing, kaleidoscopic knickerbocker glory to that opening, near-monochrome study in moodiness, An American In Paris is the 25-minute work-within-a-work from Wheeldon's Tony Award-winning 2015 show of the same name, which he adapted from the cherished 1951 film.
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telegraph.co.uk | Mark Monahan
Friday night saw London's newest and most opulent comedy venue open its doors with an extravagant bang thanks to US comedian Natalie Palamides. Quite a few "bangs" in fact, if one's being smutty, which Palamides sure is − and certainly, as an opening, determinedly fringey mission statement and outrageously entertaining evening out, it is hard to see how this show could be bettered.
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A ballet about dark matter? It's hard to think who but Crystal Pite would even consider creating such a thing, let alone carry it off with such retina-boggling brilliance. Plus, there's one more performance @sadlers tonight... @BalletBC @marthaoakespr https://t.co/j6N54hRen5
Yikes! If you're an uncle, you're in the garden, and there's a lawnmower, a trampoline and a shard of glass nearby, beware... Here's @trim_obey's highly entertaining review of the operatically gruesome Final Destination: Bloodlines: https://t.co/nkanr6PMRj @FDMovie @warnerbros
A fascinating, mercurial evening in the company of the Royal Ballet and the great Christopher Wheeldon. My review of the first night of 'Wheeldon Works', at Covent Garden: https://t.co/doqhWN3HiB @TheRoyalBallet @ROH_London @rbo_org