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REVIEW: Mack And Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre ✭✭✭✭
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REVIEW: Mack And Mabel, Chichester Festival Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Ball is an exceptional, utterly convincing Mack. He completely gets under the skin of the character, finding precisely the right level to pitch every moment of anger, driven determination, and offhand callousness. The passion for making comedy films that can see people of any …

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Stephen Collins

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Review: The Invisible, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭

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Review: The Invisible, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭

The Invisible is a soap opera featuring some beautifully written female characters. It might skirt around the issue of legal aid cuts and the invisibility of…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: Lovett + Todd, King's Head ✭✭

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REVIEW: Lovett + Todd, King's Head ✭✭

Lovett + Todd is a valiant effort at breathing new life into the tale of Sweeney Todd. Unfortunately, it feels like a missed opportunity – some intelligent s…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Lesere, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: Lesere, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭

In terms of lighting, set, costumes, sound and design the creative team led by director Donnacadh O’Briain do a very solid job, alongside the cast. But the p…

Tim Hochstrasser

Tim Hochstrasser

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REVIEW: Volpone, Swan Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: Volpone, Swan Theatre ✭✭

Henry Goodman is assured and magnetic as the titular Volpone. He gives a larger than life performance which suits - entirely - Johnson's larger than life cha…

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: I Sing!, Drayton Arms ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: I Sing!, Drayton Arms ✭✭✭✭

The original creators can be proud; I Sing! is a wonderful show with a wonderful cast and deserves to find a home for longer than the scheduled week.

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: The Mentalists, Wyndhams Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Mentalists, Wyndhams Theatre ✭✭✭

The Mentalists is a fun and lively Pinteresque farce from a very talented playwright. Whilst there are a few thematic flaws, an amusing script guarantees an …

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Sibling Revelry, Hippodrome Casino ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Sibling Revelry, Hippodrome Casino ✭✭✭

Sibling Revelry is nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking and nor does it claim to be. However, if you’re looking for some top class performances from some …

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: The Gruffalo, Lyric Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Gruffalo, Lyric Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Matilda this show is not – the original and the adaptation are thin fare in comparison with the disturbing and multi-layered creations of Dahl and his later …

Tim Hochstrasser

Tim Hochstrasser

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REVIEW: As Is, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: As Is, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

Viewed one way, Hoffman's play is not a play about AIDS and its repercussions; it is a play about ignorance, discrimination and fear. Viewed that way, it is …

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Stephen Collins

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REVIEW: The Dreamers, St James Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: The Dreamers, St James Theatre ✭✭

The Dreamers is a real mixed bag. Musically it is often very strong; the musical direction and band are both terrific. However, lyrically and dramatically it…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Amour, Royal Academy Of Music ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Amour, Royal Academy Of Music ✭✭✭✭

If tonight’s performance represents the future of British theatre then we are in very safe hands indeed. OK, so the story is about as substantial as the wall…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: An Oak Tree, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: An Oak Tree, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Crouch delights in theatre which unsettles and pushes boundaries and An Oak Tree is no exception. In parts, it is brilliant and it is never less than compell…

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Stephen Collins

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