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REVIEW: Be Bop A Lula, Ambassador's Theatre ✭✭✭
Be Bop A Lula is a well-staged concert, to expect anything more would invite disappointment. What you will get from Be Bop A Lula is an evening of great musi…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Loserville, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭
With direction from Michael Burgen, musical direction from Bryan Hodgson, and choreography by Matt Kazan, this version of Loserville sparkles with enthusiast…
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Stephen Collins
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Review: Hellscreen, Vault Festival ✭✭✭✭
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Rachel Parish transfer the core thematic and psychological matrix of the story very successfully into the framework of the modern ar…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Ruby Wax - Sane New World ✭✭✭
Ruby Wax is a transatlantic treasure. So it was terribly exciting to hear of her brand new one woman show, Sane New World, playing for a limited run at the S…
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REVIEW: Jerry's Girls, St James Studio ✭✭✭
Ria Jones is the real deal, a generous performer of true skill and intelligence. She has that impressive ability to summon up a mood, an atmosphere, with a s…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Dara, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭✭
The vision that Fall and Ronder and their team have for Dara is as grand and awesome as the Taj Mahal itself. Lindsay's wonderful set uses the full length, b…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Farinelli And The King, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
It is a slight, but quite beautiful, play, perfectly suited to the intimate grandeur of the space, and quite intoxicating, so perfectly judged is everything …
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Yarico, London Theatre Workshop ✭✭✭
The tale of Yarico has a potency and universality that makes it almost perfect subject matter for treatment as a musical or opera. What makes the entire expe…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Kill Me Now, Park Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Brad Fraser's play, Kill Me Now, is an eye-opener. It approaches difficult, taboo even, topics with unerring candour. As the inaptly named Sturdy family fac…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Love's Labour's Won, Royal Shakespeare Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Christopher Luscombe's very funny version of the Beatrice/Benedick show complete with magnificent, period set (Simon Highlett), some fabulous costumes, Nigel…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Shoemaker's Holiday, Swan Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Breen squeezes every bit of comedic possibility from the play. The repertory company, so good in the dramatic and enthralling Oppenheimer, prove to be equall…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Man And Superman, Lyttelton Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Front and centre, shouldering a Herculean workload of complicated, dense dialogue, is Ralph Fiennes in absolutely cracking form. He has unflagging energy and…
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Stephen Collins
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