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'Phantoms of the Popera' starring G4
Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
8 March 2027 to 29 March 2027 (selected dates)
First Time
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Paul T Davies · 9 October 2021
REVIEW: First Time, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews Nathaniel Hall's play First Time at the Mercury Theatre Colchester prior to touring.
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Julian Eaves · 14 April 2018
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! provides abundant clues.
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Douglas Mayo · 9 February 2017
REVIEW: Newsies Movie Event ✭✭✭✭✭
This will be the first time that Disney has bought one of their live shows to the screen but they have done so in epic style and the result is absolutely exhilarating!
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About the show
First Time is currently listed as an ended production in the British Theatre archive.
First Time is preserved in the British Theatre archive as a historical production.
Verified archive references place the production at Mercury Theatre Colchester.
British Theatre coverage for this title is dated 9 October 2021.
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First Time