Two More Shows Left at King’s Head

Hope to see you there!

Sunday the 19th and Monday the 20th.

Then we’re back to the US.  Thanks to all who came to our performances.

First King’s Head Show – Big Success

Thanks to our wonderful audience that returned Tony to the stage for a second curtain call!

Three more shows to go, Monday and next Sunday/Monday.  Tell your friends!

Thanks, London, for a warm welcome!

Special Offer at King’s Head Theatre

We open in London (Islington) on Sunday the 12th.

If you mention “danceUK” when you buy your tickets by phone, you will get a FIVE POUND discount on the ticket price, making the price just 10 GBP.  This is by special arrangement with our friends at danceuk!

Here’s to a great London run, on the 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th.  See you at the King’s Head.

Thank you, York!

Two wonderful shows at the York Theatre Royal in the absolutely gorgeous city of York.

Thanks to Damien, Mike and all the staff at YTR for being great hosts and having such a professional and supportive facility.  The residents of York are rightly proud of this community asset.

Thanks to our great audiences, and we hope to return to York one day!

Tony, Kurt and Marc

The Times In London Recommends CHARLATAN

1 September 2010

“In Charlatan, the veteran actor (and writer, director, choreographer and dancer) Tony Tanner (right) is the wry, waspishly witty embodiment of Sergei Diaghilev, the great Russian-born impressario of the Ballets Russes.  Raised with “art and music at every orifice,” he later exerted a huge influence on 20th-century Western culture.

Speaking from beyond the grave, this Diaghilev treats us to tales of the creation of some key works and details his intimate, troubled relationship wiht the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.

One of Tanner’s strongest suits is how his richly-expressed, name-dropping script appeals to those in the know without leaving a non-dnace audience out in the cold.  The show would make an excellent warm-up for the Diaghilev-based exhibition opening at the V&A later this month.

Charlatan is at the King’s Head, London, N1 Sept 12, 13, 19 and 20. “

Photo: Enci

Last Edinburgh Show Today

5:30 – “Special Edition” of the show, the 75 minute version to be seen next in York and London.

Thanks to all who attended our show at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and thanks to Rockey, Briney, Lee and the entire crew at the Assembly!

Our latest review was from The Arts Desk, with another FOUR STAR review. They said:

The ArtsDesk: FOUR STARS  “…the golden age of the Ballets Russes is all effortlessly conjured up by the art that conceals art… so uncondescending in its celebration of an artform that the faultlessly professional Tanner obviously loves to bits. A jewel.”

The full review is here.

Full Page Feature in the Scotsman Today

The Scotsman

The Scotsman ran a full page feature on Tony today.  Our thanks to Kate Copstick and Mel Brown for even more visibility!

Feature in the Sunday Express

Feature Sunday 22 August Express

A wonderful story with some funny bits and a bit of nostalgia.

“a cracking good story. And one that needs to be told.”

Janey Godley, one of the top comics in Britain, penned a review for One4Review, a respected Fringe review site that has been in operation for over 10 years.  She gave CHARLATAN FIVE STARS and said in part: “I walked into Tony Tanner’s one man play Charlatan expecting to be mildly entertained. I was stunned by the sheer talent of the actor and totally overawed by the story.”

Janey debunks the reviews of a few others who claimed that you need to be a dance or Diaghilev fanatic to be interested.  She describes herself as “regular base line philistine with a low grade tolerance for ‘up itself prose’ and with no real grasp or devout interest in the origins of the Ballet Russes,” but says it’s just a “cracking good story,” and is “as relevant today as any sharp, sassy sitcom and the writing is superb.

Read the full review here.

The Scotsman: Four Stars

“. . . a fascinating glimpse into a pivotal time”

Review from The Scotsman

Just as Elvis Presley begat the Beatles, Sergei Diaghilev is responsible for much of the modern and classical dance we see today.