{"id":393,"date":"2015-10-09T12:58:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/?p=393"},"modified":"2015-10-19T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T16:55:47","slug":"crushed-shells-and-mud-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/?p=393","title":{"rendered":"Last week of Crushed Shells and Mud."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flexslider-wrapper\"><div class=\"flexslider\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-9741-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-3552-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">From CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD. Photo: Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-3435-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-3415-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-2687-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-9751-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Crushed-Shells-Dress-\u00a9-Jack-Sain-2015-3652-904x500.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">@ Jack Sain, 2015<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s only a week left to catch CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD at the Southwark Playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so proud of the show. Incredible performances by all of our astounding cast &#8211; ALEX LAWTHER, HANNAH BRITLAND, ALEXANDER ARNOLD, SIMON LENAGAN, LAURA HOWARD, CLARE ALMOND. Stunning realised by a top-notch creative team headed by the fantastic RUSSELL<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things that have been said about the play (I&#8217;ve selected things that focus on the writing, but there&#8217;s an abundance of praise for the outstanding, award-nominated performances and production to be found elsewhere).<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">REVIEWS<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"\">Musgrave writes so beautifully: these intricate, intimate moments \u2013 psychological dances of persuasion, rivalry and cruelty. (whatsonstage)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2018Teen spirit in the apocalypse\u2026\u00a0A sensitive portrait of a teenage love triangle&#8230;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Russell Bolam\u2019s pensive production, with a strikingly rickety design by Ellan Parry, highlights the writing\u2019s strengths. There\u2019s much to admire in the performances, too\u2019 (Evening Standard)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2018The imagery is haunting, the performances are top class and the progression of the play always keeps us enthralled\u2019. (thereviewshub.com)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8216;A heartwarming and heart wrenching portrayal of teenage relationships.&#8217; (Exeunt Magazine).<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8216;4*s\u2019 (Westend Wilma)<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8216;4*- &#8216;this play is infectious&#8230; troubling but thrilling &#8230;a performance that will stick with you&#8217; (auditorium mag.co.uk<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">TWITTER<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And there&#8217;s lots on twitter (from people I don\u2019t know!) including:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2018Can\u2019t stop thinking about #CrushedShellsSP @swkplay last night. A captivating and compassionate play with a stellar cast! Go and see it<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"\">\u2018Gripping, charismatic, heartfelt writing, elegantly played by a vibrant cast &#8211; 5*&#8217;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8216;Intimate and eerie, storytelling at its finest, #CrushedShellsSP @swkplay enchanting set and courageous acting from all. Go see!&#8217;<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&#8216;Crushed Shells &amp; Mud at @swkplay had me on the edge of my seat. Incredible acting and the 2 hours flew by. Intriguing, dark and haunting.&#8217;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s only a week left to catch CRUSHED SHELLS AND MUD at the Southwark Playhouse. I&#8217;m so proud of the show. Incredible performances by all of our astounding cast &#8211; ALEX LAWTHER, HANNAH BRITLAND, ALEXANDER ARNOLD, SIMON LENAGAN, LAURA HOWARD, CLARE ALMOND. Stunning realised by a top-notch creative team headed by the fantastic RUSSELL Here [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,20,21,4,25,28,22,24,27,26,23,29],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-swkplay","tag-alex-lawther","tag-alexander-arnold","tag-ben-musgrave","tag-clare-almond","tag-crushed-shells-and-mud","tag-hannah-britland","tag-laura-howard","tag-reviews","tag-russell-bolam","tag-simon-lenegan","tag-southwark-playhouse","content-columns-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ben-musgrave.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}