______ 19 September 2023 ______ 5***** ______ The 2015 Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘The King and I’ does not feature the cast on rollerskates and has not been transposed into a dystopian land on the moon. The cast do not wear ripped jeans and t-shirts carrying slogans about the environment. I […]
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______ 18 September 2023 ______ 5***** _____ Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film version of John Buchan’s classic story of spies, intrigue and adventure has long been seen as one of the best movies of its genre; there have been other versions, but none match it. Patrick Barlow’s 2005 stage adaptation (based on an original concept by
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______ 11 September 2023 ______ 5***** ______ Noel Coward’s ‘Private Lives’, written in 1930, has long been considered his most seminal work; though it opened to mixed reviews, it has been the subject of much debate and discussion; what is it really about and is it any good? This is not the time to write
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______ 7 September 2023 ______ 5***** ______ Very occasionally, as a reviewer, you will watch a production and believe it to be totally unique; so much theatre is derivative or unoriginal in some way, but out there are theatrical works which deserve to be seen because they are so very far from the norm. In
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______ 4 September 2023 ______ 5***** ______ The Portland Spy Ring operated in the 1950s and early 1960s; a highly successful group of spies working for Russia filtering British military secrets to the Kremlin. The final breaking of the Ring and the subsequent arrest of those involved is the basis for Hugh Whitemore’s play ‘Pack
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