Marianka Swain
Bio
Marianka Swain is a London-based writer and editor. She is the UK Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld, and also covers the arts for outlets such as the Ham & High and Islington Gazette newspapers, Dancing Times and MoveTo Town & Country magazines, and TodayTix. You can find further work on www.mkmswain.com or follow her on Twitter @mkmswain
Articles By Marianka Swain
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Album: John Cale - POPtical Illusion
At 81, John Cale, an immensely prolific, wide-ranging and innovative musician, continues to take risks, making music that may not always be...
Rosalie review – a bride embraces her difference
Stéphanie Di Giusto, who directed the Belle Époque arts biopic La Danseuse, about the groundbreaking Paris Opera performer Loie Fuller,...
Riddle of Fire review – unsubtle but likeable kids' adv...
Live-action movies for the under-12 set are rare. Rarer still are those that capture the anarchic spirit of middle-grade children gone...
Music Reissues Weekly: Moving Away From The Pulsebeat - Post...
“Moving Away From the Pulsebeat” is the final track – barring the locked-groove return of the two-note guitar refrain from “Boredom” – of...
Trpčeski, RSNO, Søndergård, Usher Hall, Edinburgh review - f...
Edinburgh is lucky to get a lot of high quality musicians coming to perform, not least during the summer festival season, but the most high...
Rachel Parris, Leicester Square Theatre review - smart obser...
Five years ago, Rachel Parris tells us, she never thought she would one day be married, a mother and a home owner. Now she's all three – and a...
Album: Sea Girls - Midnight Butterflies
Inspired by the desire to remain present in the modern world, Sea Girls’ latest album, Midnight Butterflies, is a collection of uplifting...
Abel Selaocoe / Dermot Dunne & Martin Tourish, Dublin In...
No-one in the musical world could possibly surpass the communicative skills of Abel Selaocoe – pushing the boundaries of cello and vocal technique...
Album: Charli XCX - Brat
Charli XCX has been making scrambled eggs of pop for a decade. She’s written songs for/with artists including, but far from limited to, Lady Gaga...