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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 has yet to be persuaded of its merits, then they will be enchanted by the delicious performances given by a cast of 10 i…

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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REVIEW: Crime and Punishment, The Scoop ✭✭

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REVIEW: Crime and Punishment, The Scoop ✭✭

Not only does he (Phil Willmott) offer free live performances to theatre virgins, to those who wouldn’t normally choose to spend their money on tickets and t…

Alexa Terry

Alexa Terry

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