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REVIEW: Happy Endings, Arcola Theatre ✭

Gov's idea - a confrontational musical fantasy dealing with the realities of Cancer, Cancer treatment and human responses to both - is inspired. In the secon…

REVIEW: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Watford Colloseum (Touring) ✭✭✭✭

With an energetic and talented ensemble, the show gives the audience everything they came for, from the much-loved songs to comedy bordering on campness. You…

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REVIEW: The Hard Problem, Dorfman Theatre ✭✭

The Hard Problem is populated with unpleasant and unlikeable people spouting difficult scientific jargon in a sea of sentimental and predictable banality. Th…

REVIEW: Inigo, White Bear Theatre ✭✭

Inigo is an ambitious biographical play, recounting the life of the saint who would one day be known throughout the Western Christian world as Ignatius of Lo…

REVIEW: Arcadia, Theatre Royal Brighton Then On Tour ✭✭✭

It's a symphony of wit and wisdom wrapped up in a puzzle, a puzzle which is shattered and then, like a fiendishly difficult jigsaw puzzle, is put back togeth…

REVIEW: Away From Home, Upstairs At The Arts ✭✭✭✭✭

It's an incredible performance from Ward. It's no easy feat to pull off a one man show as one character, let alone to be holding three and four way conversat…

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: The Separation, Theatre 503 ✭✭

The Separation, now at Theatre503, is a puzzle. Set on the eve of the Irish divorce referendum of 1995, the play confronts a real world, extremely difficult …

REVIEW: Where Do Little Birds Go?, Vault Festival ✭✭✭✭

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Kinky Boots Is London Bound

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London's Ten Best Musicals - 6th February 2015

London's Ten Best Plays - 6 February 2015

And Then There Were None 2015 UK Tour

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Godspell in Concert 2015 UK Tour

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Away From Home At Arts Theatre London

Marcus Collins Exits Joseph Tour

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REVIEW: Di and Viv and Rose, Vaudeville Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Russell is the key to the trio, the ebullient, man-hungry, life-grabbing, and casually irritating Rose. Outhwaite is forthright and calming and when her worl…

REVIEW: Hello/Goodbye, Hampstead Theatre ✭✭

Shaun Evans demonstrates convincingly his skills as an actor - his enlivening of Alex is complex, rich in detail, and utterly beguiling. Capricious, selfish,…

REVIEW:Merit, The Drum - Plymouth ✭✭✭

Merit has a timeless quality, examining themes relevant to any society going through economic upheaval. It also explores broader ideas such as our responsibi…

Mark Ludmon

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REVIEW: Whistle Down The Wind, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

Regan's sure and steady direction brings the piece to life with charm and warmth. From the moment the three siblings rescue three new-born kittens from drown…

REVIEW: Oppenheimer, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Morton-Smith has written a masterpiece which Angus Jackson has cast and directed in a way which gives it full measure, lustre and power. No one here gives an…

REVIEW: The Christmas Truce, RSC ✭✭

The greatest disappointment here is the missed opportunity. The RSC could have created a masterful work that gave great insight into the remarkable events of…

One Of Those comes to Tristan Bates Theatre in March

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REVIEW: Spamalot, Richmond Theatre (on Tour) ✭✭✭✭

The balance in Luscombe's revival is precisely right. The "make-do" feel of the sets is in sync with the coconut clacking of the unrelentingly cheery Patsy a…

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Extends Booking Period

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The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2014 Winners

REVIEW: The Ruling Class, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭

James McAvoy is a true, blistering, white-hot star who lights up every moment he is on stage, whose smile and darting, impressive eyes can say whatever he wa…

Michael Urie Brings Buyer & Cellar To The Menier

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REVIEW: The Changeling, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ✭✭✭✭

Dromgoole’s production is detailed and clear, effortlessly moving from the sombre and macabre world of Beatrice-Joanna to the lighter, albeit equally odd, wo…

REVIEW: A Little Night Music Concert, Palace Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Wheeler's dialogue sparkled and fizzed, even in the mouths of those who were oddly or badly miscast. The sense of the quality of the literary glories of the …

Oh What A Lovely War 2015 UK Tour Dates

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Lara Pulver and Peter Davison Join Imelda Staunton In Gypsy

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REVIEW: The Nunziata Brothers, Studio 54 Below ✭✭

Tonight, the cabaret in question was an incredibly camp set of numbers from (mostly) Broadway shows delivered by two twins, both gay, both rake thin, both dr…

REVIEW: Trois Ruptures / Three Ruptures, Chelsea Theatre ✭✭✭

Reminiscent of the works of Ionesco, Trois Ruptures is a triptych of breakups—relationships that end for various reasons, exhaustion, latent homosexuality, a…

REVIEW: Diary Of A Nobody, Kings Head Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Currently at the King’s Head Theatre, Diary of A Nobody is a wonderful mix of the best bits of Python-esque slapstick, multi-performances reminiscent of the …

REVIEW: The Railway Children, Kings Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Don’t miss this amazing production. The Railway Children is a fabulous few hours of entertainment that adults and children alike will enjoy. Embrace your inn…

Douglas Mayo

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The Producers UK Tour 2015

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Made In Dagenham To Close In West End

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REVIEW: Tree, Old Vic Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

It's gentle, fascinating stuff. Watching these two very different men bond over nothing really, except their maleness, and trade banter, bad jokes and tidbit…

REVIEW: Bad Jews, St James Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Harmon writes vicious dialogue fearlessly and with potent froth. The characters are clearly defined by their speech and each seems real, accessible - possibl…

Return To The Forbidden Planet Starts 2015 UK Tour

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REVIEW: My Night With Reg, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Some of the performances are deliberately bigger, determinedly more overtly comic, less confrontational than they were at the Donmar. This lessens the dramat…

Wicked 2015 UK Tour Dates

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Tom Stoppard's Arcadia To Tour In 2015

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REVIEW: Dying For It, Atlantic Theatre Company ✭✭✭✭

The best scenes were the group set pieces – the enthusiastic party to celebrate Semyon’s planned suicide and the reveal around the coffin when the truth come…

REVIEW: Every Brilliant Thing, Barrow Street Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Donahoe's skill and effortless charisma has been inspirational. The play has shown, brightly and clearly, how no one is immune from the possibility of depres…

REVIEW: Honeymoon In Vegas, James Nederlander Theatre ✭✭✭

Here, Jason Robert Brown has set out to write fun, jolly music for a silly story, and he has added some gorgeous ballads along the way and a couple of genuin…

REVIEW: Into The Woods, Roundabout At Laura Pels Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Derek McLane provides a set which looks like the shattered innards of a grand piano. The proscenium is framed by bits of piano, and the back wall is almost e…

REVIEW: The Elephant Man, Booth Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

At first glance it is a simple historical tale with a couple of central star turns; unremarkable fodder but capable of reaching glitzy heights. Ellis sees be…

REVIEW: I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard, Atlantic Theatre Company ✭✭✭✭

Although there are a lot of genuine laughs, many at the expense of theatre critics (subject matter that keeps on giving), this is not a comedy. It is squid i…