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REVIEW: The Autumn Garden, Jermyn Street Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Despite this, there are quality performances on offer and an intriguing plot. The gradual descent of Nick from hero to scoundrel in Constance’s estimations i…
Sophie Adnitt
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REVIEW: Much Ado About Nothing, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭
The Only Way is Shakespeare? Staged in contemporary Essex in a garrison town, (not very subtly hinting that it takes place in Colchester), this production ma…
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: As You Like It, St Martins Church, Colchester ✭✭✭✭
Nicely abridged, with the tiresome Touchstone being eliminated, this is a very entertaining production.
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭
for me, ‘Murder Ballad’ is all about the exciting score which doesn’t depend on the screaming tenor, but on the sultry bass and an amalgamation of sexed up j…
Alexa Terry
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REVIEW: Confessional, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭
Silver takes Williams' American milieu and shifts it deftly - without changing a single word of the text - into the seedy, East-End-by-the-seaside, down-at-h…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Getting Better Slowly, New Diorama Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Overall, Getting Better Slowly’s main strengths lie in its performers and the sheer amount of heart in its story. It takes place in a small world, but ultima…
Sophie Adnitt
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REVIEW: Mr Popper's Penguins, Tunbridge Wells Assembly Rooms (UK Tour) ✭✭✭
So, should one see this show? In my book, even if only for the closing minutes, then most definitely. Bateman and Hughes are major new talents and this is …
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: The Boys In The Band, Park Theatre ✭✭✭✭
All credit to director Adam Penford and the terrific cast for restoring the play back to the canon, and, in the intimacy of the Park Theatre, it now looks li…
Paul T Davies
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Thriller Live - West End Extension, New UK Tour and China Opening!
Thriller Live continues to entertain people worldwide and producers have announced that the show will now extend its run in London's West End, will undertake…
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Rufus Sewell Leads Revival Of Art At The Old Vic
The Old Vis has announced that Tim Key (Winer 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award), Paul Ritter ( The Audience, The Norman Conquests) and Rufus Sewell ( Closer, ITV'…
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Shane Richie To Star As Roy Grace in Not Dead Enough Tour
Producers have announced that Shane Richie will play the role of Roy Grace in the world stage premiere of Peter James' play Not Dead Enough for the first par…
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White Bear Theatre Re-Opens with Bright Lucifer
Following a £1.3 million redevelopment, The White Bear Theatre has recently re-opened. It's first production Brice Stratford's professional world premiere pr…
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REVIEW: All Aboard, Electric Theatre Guildford ✭✭✭✭✭
And the company, all giving their energies for a song and dance, make this the wonder it is: a rollicking night out, and also a landmark in the development o…
Julian Eaves
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FIRST LOOK: Cinderella at the London Palladium - Character Portraits
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REVIEW: Adding Machine, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Musically, this is a serious work, that demands a lot of its listeners; but it repays handsomely in its dramatic and aesthetic effects.
Julian Eaves
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