{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/639ca235b0e1cf0011e0f6a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Leader Weekends: Theatre Review (Orlando, & our Theatre Awards)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/5883ea1e-0ebe-4d27-9746-2bf0605b19e6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Golden Globes winner Emma Corrin’s captivating role in this bold, tricksy adaptation of <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/orlando-garrick-theatre-review-emma-corrin-west-end-b1044944.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando</a>. Why this Virginia Woolf story about gender-fluidity is a Christmas hot ticket in the West End.</p><p>Plus, we take you inside <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/66th-evening-standard-theatre-awards-jodie-comer-james-mcavoy-report-b1044946.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards</a>, with winners including Killing Eve's Jodie Comer and James McAvoy.</p><p>This is the Evening Standard's Theatre Review.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>In this episode:</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Part 1: Orlando at the Garrick Theatre</strong></p><ul><li>What is this adaptation of Orlando by Virginia Woolf all about?</li><li>Directed by Michael Grandage - who recently worked on the West End’s adaptation of Frozen</li><li>Emma Corrin, who has been Lady Diana and Lady Chatterley</li><li>Why you’re asked to contemplate gender, sexuality and social attitudes towards women</li><li>How Corrin anchors the show but it felt like the production's emotional stakes weren’t very high</li><li>The nine diverse actors playing versions of author Virginia</li><li>Why Deborah Findlay as servant Mrs Grimsditch borders on panto</li><li>Who was Virginia Woolf?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Part 2: Inside the 66th Evening Standard Theatre Awards</strong></p><ul><li>An emotional affair after a two-year break due to covid-19</li><li>Killing Eve star Jodie Comer wins the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress</li><li>James McAvoy wins the Best Actor Award for Cyrano de Bergerac</li><li>Lynette Linton secures Milton Shulman Award for Best Director for Blues for an Alabama Sky</li><li>Lynette becomes the sixth woman, and the first woman of colour, to win in the directing category since 1981</li><li>Patrick Vaill wins Best Musical Performance for Oklahoma</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Former Evening Standard editor Charles Wintour created the Theatre Awards in 1955.</p><p><br></p><p>To read all from the big night itself <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/66th-evening-standard-theatre-awards-jodie-comer-james-mcavoy-report-b1044946.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">click here</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}