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REVIEW: Hangmen, Wyndham's Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
If you can trust anyone to execute a black comedy, it’s Martin McDonagh. The Irish playwright is an undoubted master of the genre, with an enviable back cata…
Matthew Lunn
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English premiere of Jo Clifford’s acclaimed Every One at Battersea Arts Centre
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Emily Hardy
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REVIEW: Alright Bitches!, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭
Director Andrew Beckett keeps the pace lively and ultimately makes Alright Bitches!, a sunny antidote to the bleak winter here in the UK.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: The Oliviers In Concert, Royal Festival Hall ✭✭✭✭
Over the past forty years, the Olivier Awards has marked the cream of London’s artistic talent. This anniversary concert brought together some showstopping s…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Seasons Of Larson, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭
They took firm hold of Larson’s lyrics and crescendoing rock melodies - every word, every beat, brimming with anger and exigency; his lyrics carry imperative…
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Emily Hardy
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REVIEW: Five Finger Exercise, The Print Room At The Coronet ✭✭✭✭
For as long as there are families, this poignant script will resonate with them. The music plays somewhat apologetically from offstage, but despite that, it …
Jessica Wretlind
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REVIEW: Shrek, New Wimbledon Theatre (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭
Shrek is a great show for adults and children alike, but hurry it won’t be around for much longer. More’s the pity!
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
As the lights go down, and Rafiki begins summoning the animals to Pride Rock, it becomes obvious that Director Julie Taymor has created the greatest opening …
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Private Lives, Churchill Theatre Bromley (On Tour) ✭✭✭
However, while the pace of the comedy occasionally dips in the second half, this production of Coward's play is a gem, proving the enduring relevance of Priv…
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Layla Haidrani
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New style of ‘broken’ musical premieres at the King's Head in March
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Emily Hardy
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Does oral sex constitute adultery? NotMoses, ‘a comedy of biblical proportions’, has the answer
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Emily Hardy
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Eastenders’ Jamie Foreman to join the West End cast of new British Musical
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Emily Hardy
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REVIEW: 4000 Days, Park Theatre ✭✭✭
Peter Quilter’s script is spiced with sarcasm and bouts of wit that get loud laughs from the audience, however the comedy perches awkwardly on the edge of bi…
Jessica Wretlind
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REVIEW: Daddy Long Legs, Off Broadway Cast Recording ✭✭✭✭
I have had four listens to Daddy Long Legs as I write this review and find that I’m discovering more and more from this romantic comedy as I go along. This i…
Douglas Mayo
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