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REVIEW: That Man, Hippodrome Casino ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: That Man, Hippodrome Casino ✭✭✭✭

If anyone loves the music of Caro Emerald, then they’ll love this feast of her songs presented in a dramatic context. If anyone does not know her music, or …

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW:- John and Jen, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW:- John and Jen, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Added to this is the factor of Lippa’s music and Greenwald’s lyrics (they share credits for the book). Both can be bright, incisive, strongly characterised …

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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Henry V Tour

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Henry V Tour

Returning for its fourth year to delight audiences around the UK, Antic Disposition’s critically-acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Henry V will embark on…

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Torn Apart, Theatre N16 ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Torn Apart, Theatre N16 ✭✭✭✭

There is sometimes a rawness to the action, an absence of polish, but it is always convincing and involving: in fact, the wonderful paradox here is that, as …

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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F*cking Men Transfer To The Vaults

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F*cking Men Transfer To The Vaults

Following three sell-out, critically acclaimed runs both at The Edinburgh Fringe and in London, The King's Head Theatre production of F*cking Men will transf…

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REVIEW: 27, The Cockpit ✭✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: 27, The Cockpit ✭✭✭✭✭

This current production looks like an object lesson in how to fuse the best of experienced industry leaders with dynamic new talent. And the writing-directin…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Party, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Party, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭✭

Party isn’t a play that involves long complex character studies. It’s a hoot, had me laughing throughout and wanting a return visit. It’s pure fun. It holds …

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Punkplay, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Punkplay, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭

Gregory S. Moss is an ingenious playwright who has created a sequence of tableaux, each of which can be understood as a 'cover' of a different musical 'track…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Broken Strings, Tabard Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Broken Strings, Tabard Theatre ✭✭✭

Above all, this is a drama that might occur in anyone's life: the sheer everyday nature of the story is in fact its raison d'etre. While it may not bark for …

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Vanities, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Vanities, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭✭

‘Vanities The Musical’ is another dazzling production in Aria Entertainment’s charming and growing catalogue and, whether it is an evening with your friends,…

Alexa Terry

Alexa Terry

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REVIEW: La Boheme, King's Head Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: La Boheme, King's Head Theatre ✭✭✭

While Adam Spreadbury-Maher’s version of Puccini’s La Boheme is original and beautifully sung, it struggles to capture all the magic of the original. A stron…

Danny Coleman-Cooke

Danny Coleman-Cooke

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REVIEW: Bumblescratch, Adelphi Theatre ✭✭

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REVIEW: Bumblescratch, Adelphi Theatre ✭✭

As it stands the score is far too dense and thematically all over the place, the plot far too complex and several characters seemingly irrelevant. Once I got…

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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