Review: LANNY at Bristol Old Vic
This is theatre with real imaginative nerve funny, frightening and emotionally devastating. ★★★★★
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Review: THE TRAGEDY OF OMLET, PRINCE OF HEN-MARK at The Wardrobe Theatre
One man, one egg and an indecent amount of Shakespeare: Living Spit’s latest is a feat of lo-fi ingenuity. ★★★★☆
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Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE THE MUSICAL at Bristol Hippodrome
The whoops of joy greeting scene after scene are a tribute to the power of the show. ★★★★☆
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Review: PYGMALION at Swan Theatre, Worcester
A good opportunity to see a seminal work by one of the 20th Century greats. ★★★☆☆
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Review: THE ANASTASIA FILE at Malvern Theatre
Ryton’s gripping two-hander is a tense exploration of truth versus delusion. ★★★★☆
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Review: ONCE UPON A TIME IN SOKOTO at Oxford Playhouse Theatre
A rare chance to encounter a little-known period in African history that continues to impact on our modern world. ★★★★☆
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Review: CHAUNTECLEER & PERTELOTTE at Alma Tavern Theatre
Winning performances from a pair of actors possessed of boundless energy. ★★★★☆
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Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at Oxford Playhouse Theatre
The sharp social satire is given a breath of new life. ★★★★☆
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Review: THE OCEAN CAN BE A BRIDGE at The Alma Tavern Theatre
A stateliness emanates from Benoit-Joyce’s interpretation ★★★☆☆
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Review: AS YOU LIKE IT at RSC Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
A thoroughly interesting and idiosyncratic production of As You Like It. ★★★★☆
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Review: August Wilson's FENCES at Oxford Playhouse Theatre
An impressive revival of August Wilson's classic drama of family and race. ★★★★★
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Review: MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG at The Watermill Theatre
An excellent cast of eight playing 17 different characters from Coles’ original novel ★★★★☆
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Review: APPLICATION 39 at Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio
An important, heartfelt piece of agitprop laced with dark comedy. ★★★★☆
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Review: DON GIOVANNI at Tobacco Factory Theatres
Giovanni has to be a baddie, and in Samuel Pantcheff we have just the guy. ★★★★★
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Review: DAUNTLESS: GRACE O'MALLEY, PIRATE QUEEN at The Wardrobe Theatre
A splendid piece of masterful story-telling. ★★★★☆
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Review: HOPE HUNT AND THE ASCENSION INTO LAZARUS at The Mount Without, Bristol
This poignant, uplifting and distinctive solo is not to be missed. ★★★★☆
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Review: BLOOD BROTHERS at Oxford Playhouse Theatre
Willy Russell’s tragic tale has a powerful mythic quality which ensures it will endure. ★★★★☆
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Review: JULIET AND ROMEO at Bristol Old Vic
A cleverly constructed piece that transforms Shakespeare’s doomed lovers into ordinary middle-aged people experiencing the rigours of life. ★★★★☆
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Review: UNDER MILK WOOD at Bath Theatre Royal
The ease and warmth with which he holds his audience is a quite remarkable testament to his brilliance as an actor. ★★★★☆
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