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Early Doors UK Tour
Following a three week sell-out run in Salford, Britain's best-loved pub sitcom the Early Doors UK Tour will commence in August 2018.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Instructions For Correct Assembly, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭
Instructions For Correct Assembly with its strong cast and striking design boosted by a touch of illusion, is smart and entertaining, confirming Thomas Eccle…
Mark Ludmon
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West End Cast Announced To Join Orlando Bloom In Killer Joe
A killer cast has been announced to join Orlando Bloom in Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios. Book Now!
Douglas Mayo
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Trainspotting Live Celebrates 800 Standing Ovations
On Friday 13, Trainspotting Live celebrated 800 performances since the show first started performances in 2013.
Douglas Mayo
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New Musical It's Only Life Comes To The Union Theatre
It's Only Life, a musical review featuring the songs of John Bucchino comes to the Union Theatre this June for a limited season.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Twang!, Union Theatre ✭✭✭
As a work in its own right, if you ever wanted to know why it was such a colossal and damaging failure the first time around, then this version of Twang! pro…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: And The World Goes Round, Stockwell Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
And The World Goes Round is a show that makes you not only want to hear more of these performers - and, please, let us! - but also directs right back to wher…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Island Song, Nursery Theatre ✭✭✭✭
One of the more exciting developments this month is surely the arrival on our shores of this splendid new revue-like song-cycle Island Song by the brilliantl…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, Crazy Coqs ✭✭✭
These really are the most wonderfully written and excitingly conceived songs. Few people today - in this country, at least - can master the intricacies of r…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Quiz, Noel Coward Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Whilst Quiz doesn’t quite reach the giddy brilliance of Labour of Love, this is a hugely entertaining evening in the theatre, full of comedy and thought, and…
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Chicago, Phoenix Theatre ✭✭✭✭
It's great to see Chicago back in the West End. It's certainly a show that enjoy revisiting every now and again and I'm sure that this revival will be a crow…
Douglas Mayo
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Summer Holiday UK Tour
Based on the iconic film starring Cliff Richard, the Summer Holiday UK Tour will coming to a theatre near you in 2018/19. Book now!
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REVIEW: Harold and Maude, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Harold and Maude could well turn out to be the sleeper hit of the year. Seriously, if you don’t come out of the theatre determined to live, L-I-V-E, you have…
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Love Bites, White Bear Theatre ✭✭✭
Love Bites at the White Bear Theatre is a well managed and pleasant debut for this enterprising new company, who have made so many right choices with this pr…
Julian Eaves
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Casting announced for Fatherland at the Lyric Theatre
Casting is announced for Fatherland a new production created by Scott Graham of Frantic Assembly, Karl Hyde and Simon Stephens, focusing on contemporary fath…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: The Way Of The World, Donmar Warehouse ✭✭✭
The Donmar Warehouse production of The Way Of The World looks fabulous, with Anna Fleishle’s design and Ilona Karas and her costume team being the stars of t…
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: The Country Wife, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
All things considered, The Country Wife is an enjoyable, if unsubtle, evening of comedy. It is a play well worth reviving and it further cements the reputati…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Devil With The Blue Dress, The Bunker Theatre ✭✭✭
Mark Ludmon reviews Kevin Armento's Devil With the Blue Dress about the Monica Lewinsky affair at The Bunker Theatre
Mark Ludmon
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84 Charing Cross Road Tour
Stefanie Powers and Clive Francis are to star in a new production of 84 Charing Cross Road on tour in the UK from May 2018.
Douglas Mayo
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