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American Idiot is a bit of a frustrating production; whilst the music of Green Day has plenty to offer a musical, it doesn’t seem right for a sung-through stage adaption. However, whatever it lacks in plot and characterisation, it more than makes up for in energy, passion and …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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The result here is that this is more the Comedy of Richard II than the Tragedy of Richard II. There is an unseemly pursuit of laughter – characterisations ar…
Stephen Collins
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Ball is an exceptional, utterly convincing Mack. He completely gets under the skin of the character, finding precisely the right level to pitch every moment …
Stephen Collins
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Sinatra - The Man And His Music at the London Palladium is not your normal West End musical. It is a very different beast indeed. Perhaps best described as a…
Douglas Mayo
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The Invisible is a soap opera featuring some beautifully written female characters. It might skirt around the issue of legal aid cuts and the invisibility of…
Stephen Collins
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Lovett + Todd is a valiant effort at breathing new life into the tale of Sweeney Todd. Unfortunately, it feels like a missed opportunity – some intelligent s…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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In terms of lighting, set, costumes, sound and design the creative team led by director Donnacadh O’Briain do a very solid job, alongside the cast. But the p…
Tim Hochstrasser
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There are shreds and patches of key songs, which, like Wagnerian leitmotifs, bind the whole experience, make it less a concert and more a pop/rock/r&b op…
Stephen Collins
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This is a curious production of Othello. You get the bones of the story, clearly, but the flesh, the marrow, the heart - all of which depends upon the rich c…
Stephen Collins
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Henry Goodman is assured and magnetic as the titular Volpone. He gives a larger than life performance which suits - entirely - Johnson's larger than life cha…
Stephen Collins
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Constellations is a 75 minute jewel of a play. It is a play about things that happen, might happen and could happen – just like life.
Douglas Mayo
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The original creators can be proud; I Sing! is a wonderful show with a wonderful cast and deserves to find a home for longer than the scheduled week.
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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This evening, I was sent to see Noonday Demons at the Kings' Head Theatre. But, that is not exactly what happened...
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