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REVIEW: Travesties, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Travesties, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭

At a time when the role of the arts is as hotly discussed as ever, Stoppard’s play could not be timelier. Travesties both baffles and intrigues; a masterful …

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: La Ronde, Bunker Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: La Ronde, Bunker Theatre ✭✭

Whilst this adaptation of La Ronde is a brilliant concept, it is rich in style and yet lacking in substance.

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Anyone Can Whistle, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Anyone Can Whistle, Union Theatre ✭✭✭

The musical performances in Anyone Can Whistle will please people who like brilliantly written songs, and they will fire the imagination of anyone who hears …

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Newsies Movie Event ✭✭✭✭✭

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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 exh…

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Dubailand, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Dubailand, Finborough Theatre ✭✭✭

Dubailand offers a striking portrayal of the titular city, which does great credit to its writer. It is an enjoyable play, characterised by a good cast and a…

Matthew Lunn

Matthew Lunn

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REVIEW: Crocodile, Vault Festival ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Crocodile, Vault Festival ✭✭✭

There are shadows here of ‘The Events’, as well as other absurdist and expressionist drama. I hope we hear more from Mr Eyre very soon.

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Greywing House, Vault Festival ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Greywing House, Vault Festival ✭✭✭

The choice of location assists the grim spectacle no end, with spaces melting away into the dank, shadowy recesses of the apparently never ending cellars ben…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Henry V, Southwark Cathedral ✭✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Henry V, Southwark Cathedral ✭✭✭✭✭

I think Shakespeare would certainly have approved and I couldn't help agreeing that - as a student of mine (who also happened to be there) gushed - “it was b…

Helena Payne

Helena Payne

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REVIEW: Still, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Still, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭

The major problem the production has is the work itself. Each photograph of Maier’s that is projected onto the screens tells a thousand stories, and here is …

Paul T Davies

Paul T Davies

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REVIEW: The Litterati, The Vaults ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Litterati, The Vaults ✭✭✭

The Litterati is an intriguing deconstruction of life on the margins of society, seen through the eyes of its sheltered protagonist. The play occasionally su…

Matthew Lunn

Matthew Lunn

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