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REVIEW: Murder For Two, The Other Palace Studio ✭✭✭✭
The great, central achievement of this production is in the two-handed coup of Jeremy Legat and Ed MacArthur's dazzling performance as duetting singer-actor-…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Othello, Sam Wannamaker Playhouse ✭✭✭
Ellen McDougall’s Othello is a very solid production, with excellent performances and a number of intriguing original motifs. Whilst these did not all work f…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: The Wedding Singer, Sunderland Empire ✭✭✭✭✭
When The Wedding Singer comes to town, dig out your best eighties leftovers and prepare for a great night out. If you weren’t around in the eighties go along…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Hamlet, Almeida Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Alas poor Sherlock, we know it well. Even in the opening scenes of this ingenious production, it was clear that Andrew Scott would more than match his TV co-…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Worst Wedding Ever, New Wolsey Theatre ✭✭✭
This piece isn’t going to change the face of theatre, but it delivers what it is required to do, and is as entertaining as the excellent wedding band that oc…
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Swifties, TheatreN16 ✭✭
It's a very clever idea, and writer Tom Stenton is to be congratulated for having formulated it and brought it thus far along the road to taking theatrical s…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Ugly Lies The Bone, National Theatre ✭✭✭
Overall, despite a good cast and production values, the play doesn’t reach the heights it could have.
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Roundelay, Southwark Playhouse ✭
If you like simple - very simple - soap-operas about nice middle-class people, who drink lots of prosecco and talk at inordinate length and to no great purpo…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: La Poule Plombee, Live At Zedel ✭✭✭✭
By the time the reprise of the title song reappeared as ‘Your Voice’ and then led us into the finale ultimo of ‘Encore!’, we were ready to leave the cabaret …
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Chigger Foot Boys, Tara Arts Theatre ✭✭✭
It’s a harrowing evening, made all the more depressing by the knowledge that Cumpton’s poetic script is a narrative woven from true events.
Helena Payne
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REVIEW: The Understudy, Canal Cafe Theatre ✭✭✭✭
A witty and very enjoyable look at the world of star casting, The Understudy is a must see for those involved in the theatre business and those curious about…
Sophie Adnitt
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REVIEW: The Cherry Orchard, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Mehmet Ergen’s production of Chekhov’s final play is thoughtful and thought-provoking, characterised by a number of terrific performances and a well-judged s…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: Lizzie, Greenwich Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
This is the greatest American musical since 'Sweeney Todd'. I have seen it twice this week, in the wonderful production by the American director, Victoria Bu…
Julian Eaves
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