5***** 28 June 2018 In his programme note, Director Lee Lyford tells of why he wanted to mount a production of ‘The Elephant Man’. Usually, the part of John Merrick is seen as a challenge for an actor without disability. What of those actors who are disabled? Couldn’t they be given an opportunity to represent […]
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3*** 26 June 2018 Goat-throwing, cross-dressing and a London bus. It can only mean one thing – SUMMER HOLIDAY – THE MUSICAL! This is one of a number of stage adaptations of films, this one dating back to 1996 and based on the film starring Cliff Richard which was released in 1963. The show deviates
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19 June 2018 3*** Any adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel provides the writer with a huge mountain to climb. There have been many attempts to condense the complex plots and the multitude of characters into an accessible and entertaining piece of theatre. The Grandfather of all of them being the David Edgar/RSC version of
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18 June 2018 5***** It is amazing to think that it is over 20 years since this musical opened on Broadway and yet this is its first tour in the UK and has never played in a major London venue. When I saw this production at the modestly sized Charing Cross Theatre I was bowled
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5***** 6 June 2018 If there is a more joyful show on tour at the moment then I would love to see it, for this production would be hard to beat for fun, invention, beauty and a sheer abundance of talent. If you have never had the pleasure of seeing one of Sasha Regan’s productions
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4**** 5 June 2018 ‘The Best Manager England Never Had’ or so runs the opinion of many football followers. Brian Clough was always a figure of debate and, to some, of fun. David Peace’s novel The Damned United, telling the story of Clough’s disastrous reign as manager of Leeds United for just 44 days, was
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1* 12 June 2018 A bust of William Shakespeare wearing round Chekhovian spectacles is suckled at the breast of a young woman. So Rash Dash Theatre’s take on The Three Sisters comes shouting and screaming to its climax. Anyone expecting a conventional production of Chekhov’s 1900 classic – and I am quite sure there were
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