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Maury Yeston's magnificent score for Death Takes A Holiday - one of the finest in London right now - is a glory not to be missed in this European premiere of one of his more extraordinary creations.
Julian Eaves
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The young cast is energetic, lively and likeable: it would be great to see them with a more developed script, a tighter production and a script with as much …
Julian Eaves
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It's always a pleasure to discover talented new writers (Bounder and Cad), and these two are great fun.
Julian Eaves
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In a world where all our whims and activities are trackable on social media, the need to disappear has never been stronger. Missing people is an increasingly…
Helena Payne
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Every member of the audience stood at the end, and that's because this is a show with no fancy heirs or graces that captures your heart.
Douglas Mayo
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this is the ‘must-see’ show of the moment, with a glamorous audience hurrying to get in on the fun. And, yes, ultimately it keeps its promises. All of them.
Julian Eaves
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“If I was to stab Judi Dench with a pitchfork, I should still be regarded as a cuddly teddy bear”, says Alan Bennett of his ‘national treasure’ status.
Paul T Davies
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That sound that you hear in the production is not frogs croaking. It’s the ghost of Joe Orton tutting with boredom that, in fifty years, his anarchic comedy …
Paul T Davies
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Live theatre lovers are probably going to hate me for this one, but I have to say that I actually enjoyed the Half A Sixpence recording more than I enjoyed t…
Douglas Mayo
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The glory of this work is in the vivid life that exists in its extraordinary criss-crossing of four versions of very ordinary people. Tune into that and you …
Julian Eaves
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If you are a fan of Hairspray or if you have never heard the score then this is certainly the one I'd recommend you start with
Douglas Mayo
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Cirque Du Soleil has worked out exactly how to bedazzle and audience and they do it year after year, in production after production around the world.
Douglas Mayo
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