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REVIEW: Glorious, Frinton Summer Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
With such a strong line-up, it should come as no surprise that it is a perfect delight, full of feelgood humour and hilarious performances.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Eve, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭✭
What a story. Eve will be one of the most honest accounts of change and transgression that you will see on the Fringe.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Heather, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭
Grippingly directed by Valentina Ceschi, it effectively shifts tone and perspective and, by the end, leaves us questioning how much we really want to know ab…
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Letters to Morrissey, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭
It's not important to like Morrissey, anyone who has been disaffected or angst ridden will associate with the story teller.
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Buried - A New Musical, Edinburgh Festival Fringe ✭✭✭
The tunes in Buried are catchy and you'll find yourself humming them afterwards even though the lyrics come from a more blood-soaked context.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: The Burial Of The Rats, Edinburgh Fringe Festival ✭✭
There is no doubt a germ of a good show in this bold re-interpretation of Stoker's story but this production unfortunately falls short of achieving it.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Twilight Song, Park Theatre ✭✭✭
While Twilight Song lacks the power of My Night With Reg, it is an enjoyable piece of drama that sharply portrays people – both gay and straight – who feel t…
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Apologia, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭✭✭
Stockard Channing is outstanding as Kristin in Apologia, urbane and bitchy but covering up intense emotions that she can barely understand.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Road, Royal Court Theatre ✭✭✭✭
But there was one thing I had forgotten. It was always there, I had just forgotten it. And that’s how brilliant a writer Cartwright is.
Paul T Davies
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Anne Reid cast as Lady Hunstanton in A Woman Of No Importance at Vaudeville Theatre
Anne Reid is to play Lady Hunstanton in Oscar Wilde's A Woman Of No Importance at The Vaudeville Theatre.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Queers Part 1, Old Vic Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Directed by Mark Gatiss and Joe Murphy, they are poignant and funny but, most of all, they are stories of hope and survival.
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: Girl From The North Country, Old Vic Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Not for nothing does the audience rise to its feet at the end of the performance. Because, it knows, it has not met any strangers during the performance. It …
Julian Eaves
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Stars announced for Other Palace musical theatre festival
West End stars have been announced for a festival of musical theatre at The Other Palace in London, headlined by the premiere of a new show co-written by Bur…
Mark Ludmon
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