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It is always fantastic to see original theatre in London and Man of Steal certainly breaks new ground in putting on a public safety lecture with a difference. Freedman rightly received a warm reception from the crowd but perhaps the biggest compliment of all was the number of …
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The unstoppable, extraordinary Cynthia Erivo proved, twice, what a potent combination Brown's music and lyrics can be in the hands of a singer whose voice ca…
Stephen Collins
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It is genuinely delightful to be able to report that anyone, child, adult, theatre sceptic or theatre lover, should have no hesitation in snaffling a ticket …
Stephen Collins
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Blanche McIntyre, whose revival of As You Like It now at the Globe, uses every trick in the book to make Shakespeare's play clear (it is, very), risqué (it i…
Stephen Collins
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Caroline Horton’s Mess is probably the most honest portrayal of an eating disorder that one can find on stage.
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Of all the cast, it is the gifted Susannah Fielding who comes closest to the right style of acting. She really is a tremendous performer, winning in her wins…
Stephen Collins
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As this fine play moved towards its nuanced ending I could not help making a comparison with an earlier work that placed nuns in a setting of impossible choi…
Tim Hochstrasser
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Nikki Aitken, with pianist Simona Budd, performed Show Off. Aitken is a widely recognized artist in Australia where she has won awards for her cabaret progra…
Tim Hochstrasser
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It would be wrong to reveal more of the detail but the writer deserves great credit for the way in which he remorselessly brings the stories together in the …
Tim Hochstrasser
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Despite its trappings and narrative, this is not a play about Anzac Day, the public holiday in Australia where attention is paid to those who fought for thei…
Stephen Collins
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All these positives on the creative side only sharpen the regret that this reviewer and clearly many of the audience felt that we were not seeing more of the…
Tim Hochstrasser
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On the strength of this first, tentative outing, concerts like this could come to rival those staged in the Encores! series in New York or by the Production …
Stephen Collins
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Emily Hardy
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Gay themed theatre can be hit and miss at the best of times but Chandler, Miller, Dexter and Todd have fashioned an evening that could well break free of its…
Douglas Mayo
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However, there is an uncertainty of tone about the piece as a whole that does not entirely convince. The evening starts as a straight-forward thriller but th…
Tim Hochstrasser
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