Video By John Glenday-26 January 2021 12:00pm
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ea shanty, which went viral this month, has made it on to TV screens as part of TikTok’s latest ad campaign.
TikTok is making waves with a catchy ’#SeaShanty’ TV campaign, celebrating the platform’s unique ability to bring creators together in song, dance and comedy.
A rendition of The Wellerman by Scottish postman Nathan Evans became the first viral upload of 2021 for the service when TikTok’s community of creators latched on to the solo performance by adding their harmonies, beats and instruments to the base tune.
Newbury s theatre movers & shakers in The Stage 100
NWN first to recognise importance of Zoom theatre
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AT least three of those listed in the prestigious Stage 100 – normally recognising the most powerful people in theatre in a year and this time about theatre in the pandemic – have links to Newbury.
First, the amazing Creation Theatre and Lucy Askew, Big Telly and Zoe Seaton are listed on the Putting on Shows section. I’m told N2 and our theatre reviewer Jon Lewis have been a significant factor in this, because the NWN’s reviews are part of the reason The Stage says the shows were ‘well-received’. Our archive of reviews is the only place in the world to see all Creation and Big Telly shows on Zoom reviewed. As Jon says: “It s like we’ve backed the winner of the Grand National. but also clean the jockey’s boots or something.”
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The outing marks one of the final performances of A Christmas Carol just hours before London, Essex and parts of Hertfordshire are plunged into Tier 3 amid rising rates of COVID-19.
From midnight on Wednesday, some 34million people will face the toughest coronavirus restrictions.
Quality time: The BGT judge, 49, cut a chic figure in a emerald green co-ord and a long black coat as she arrived at the Dominion Theatre with adorable Hollie, eight, by her side
Pubs and restaurants must close except for takeaways while indoor entertainment venues including theatres and bowling alleys must also close.
Impresarios warned on Monday that Tier 3 could spell disaster for West End theatres.