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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: High Society, Old Vic Theatre ✭✭✭
The first fifteen minutes or so of Act Two are as good as, if not the equal of, any fifteen minutes of any musical currently playing on the West End (the fin…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Angry Brigade, Bush Theatre ✭✭
The play strikes one as more comic, at least in the first Act, than it is played here under James Grieve's direction. More Thin Blue Line and less Z Cars mig…
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Stephen Collins
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BIG INTERVIEW: Dean Pitchford, Lyricist of Carrie The Musical
Carrie the musical is a Broadway flop of legend. We spoke to lyricist Dean Pitchford to get the real story.
Douglas Mayo
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INTERVIEW: Lorna Luft Talks about The Judy Garland Songbook On Tour
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Carrie, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭
What is most admirable about Gary Lloyd's directorial vision here is that no attempt is made to recreate the film, the book or even the way this musical has …
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Portia Coughlan, Old Red Lion Theatre ✭✭
There really is nothing wrong with any individual performance—every actor has crafted a fully formed 3 dimensional character with excellent comedic timing. B…
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REVIEW: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Birmingham (On Tour) ✭✭✭✭
Key to the success of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the onstage relationship between Jameson played by Michael Praed and Benson played by Noel Sullivan. There i…
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Hay Fever, Duke Of York's Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Felicity Kendal is a triumph as the effervescent, self-indulgent diva that is Judith. Her throaty, raspy tones; the endless lighting and stubbing out of ciga…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: The Verb To Love, Old Red Lion Theatre ✭✭✭
The Verb, To Love is a curious and wonderful new musical currently playing at the Old Red Lion Theatre. It’s easy to be impressed by the show’s sole author, …
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REVIEW: A Mad World My Masters, Barbican Theatre ✭✭
It has everything: dirty, jazzy songs sung lustily; knob jokes; fake brawls; knickers tossed to the audience; knob jokes; sex scenes of all kinds; an alterca…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Matchbox Theatre, Hamsptead Theatre ✭✭
There is no complaint about the writing. Frayn creates situations and conveys ideas quickly and cleverly. His knowledge of human kind and its foibles, the th…
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Stephen Collins
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REVIEW: Beyond Caring, NT Temporary Theatre ✭✭✭
There is something undeniably fascinating about watching strangers find common ground, about seeing a team form in adverse circumstances, especially where, a…
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Stephen Collins
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