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REVIEW: Lunatic, TheatreN16 ✭
Regretfully, I have to note that I personally didn’t find any work of that quality in this particular offering.
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Entertainer’, a brilliantly performed play paralleling the breakdown of the British Empire and the decline of music hall, which concludes Kenneth Branagh…
Alexa Terry
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REVIEW: Fiona Jane Weston ... And West End Friends, Phoenix Artists Club
In miniature, a marvelous insight into the life and work of artists in musical theatre, with something a little bit different about it, drawing a nice crowd,…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Sweeney Todd, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭
Residents of Colchester are lucky to have on their doorsteps a production that punches above its regional theatre weight, and lovers of the musical would do …
Paul T Davies
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REVIEW: Skin A Cat, The Bunker ✭✭✭✭
There is a lot, in fact, in the writing - and delivery - that reminds one of the best female stand-up comedy, and the audience here seems to be very like the…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: The Hotel Cerise, Theatre Royal Stratford East ✭✭✭✭
This is a remarkable and magnificent work, rich in detail and meaning, and - as we approach another decisive moment in the US (and therefore also global) his…
Julian Eaves
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FIRST LOOK: The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism at Hampstead Theatre
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SHOW OF THE MONTH: The Bodyguard - Dominion Theatre - Save up to 53%
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REVIEW: Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
The show has been seen in London several times recently, and it is clearly a work that repays revisitation, and reinterpretation. I will certainly be back to…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads, Waterloo East Theatre ✭✭
Bowie was a fascinating figure, with aspects of his work and image that make for rich pickings when it comes to creating a show. Unfortunately what From Ibiz…
Sophie Adnitt
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REVIEW: Hotel For Criminals, New Wimbledon Studio ✭✭✭✭✭
That such a heavyweight should be having his work showcased by such a (still) small company in a fringe studio says a lot about him and a lot about the venue…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Jess And Joe Forever, Lakeside Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Bravo Zoe Cooper, you have written a memorable play, one of the best this year, that deserves the widest audience possible!
Paul T Davies
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The Glass Menagerie Comes To The Duke Of York's Theatre
Following the success of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - Parts One and Two, director John Tiffany returns to the West End with his internationally acclai…
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REVIEW: Moby Dick The Musical, Union Theatre ✭✭✭
Andrew Wright’s production does what it can to make us concentrate on the show’s many felicities. However, it may take more than bracing direction and livel…
Julian Eaves
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