4**** 25 January 2020 You have to look very hard these days for a traditional production of a Shakespeare play – every kind of re-interpretation, re-imagining and dismantling of the Bard’s work seems to be the norm. Pantomime, on the other hand, is largely undertaken as a traditional presentation; there are ‘rules’ and in any […]
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4**** 22 January 2020 ‘Ghost’ first appeared as a film 30 years ago in 1990 starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore, gathering a heap of awards and nominations including Oscars for the screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin and actor Whoopi Goldberg. The musical was developed some years later, it’s first performance being at Manchester in
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5***** 20 January 2020 As stage musicals go, they don’t get much further ‘in your face’ that Priscilla Queen of the Desert. Based on the 1994 film, it made its way into musical theatre in 2006 and has been around the world a few times since. This new production is on an extensive UK tour
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A PROMPT CORNER MUSING Is the standing ovation expected for all shows now? Is this most special of accolades no longer reserved for the creme de la creme of theatre? I think I have stood for only a handful of times in over 40 years. But, as a reviewer you see all manner of events
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