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The latest theatre news, West End reviews, show guides, and behind-the-scenes features from British Theatre's editorial team.
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REVIEW: Loserville, Union Theatre ✭✭✭
Loserville is a production full of E numbers; bright and sweet but likely to overload you. It’s a derivative script and score made as good as it can get by s…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Blues Brothers Xmas Special, Arts Theatre ✭✭✭✭
This is a Xmas Special that doesn’t hammer home the same old Christmas songs ad nauseam. Instead it gives Blues Brothers enthusiasts plenty of the music they…
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Christine Firkin
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REVIEW: Cinderella And The Beanstalk, Theatre 503 ✭✭✭✭✭
Pantomimes have the potential to be uniquely excruciating. Children are merciless critics, and decades of expectation weigh heavily on poor productions. Such…
Matthew Lunn
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REVIEW: Beauty And The Beast, Polka Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Loyal Disney viewers may feel they’ve seen it all before, but this version of Beauty and the Beast is charming and well performed. It’s running until Februar…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Desperate Measures, Jermyn St Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Desperate Measures is exactly what fringe theatre should be - inventive, energetic and ambitious. It really is a must-see, especially if you want a non-panto…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Kings Of Broadway, Palace Theatre ✭✭✭
This was a delightful evening, bursting with talent at all points, and consistently enjoyable. It is good to be able to stand back sometimes and reflect on t…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: SpinCycle, Theatre N16 ✭✭✭✭
Regardless of the format, theatre of telly, SpinCycle is a great piece of writing performed superbly by The Canting Crew. If only it were around for a longer…
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REVIEW: Faustaff, Cockpit Theatre ✭✭
Despite these stark issues, the Cockpit Theatre is a wonderful space and the lighting was well deployed to create some tense moments. Bizarrely, someone in t…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Living Between Lies, Kings Head Theatre ✭✭✭
The action interweaves the stories and mounting crises of four women whose lives are in different ways based on a series of lies. It is billed as a comedy dr…
Tim Hochstrasser
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REVIEW: Echoes, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Echoes is a success for many reasons but fundamentally it’s because there is such strength in the story telling. In fact there are 2 stories running concurre…
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Christine Firkin
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