______ 26 June 2024 ______ 5***** ______ A year ago I came across Rendez-Vous Dance for the first time. The show was ‘What Songs May Do’ and I described it in one word, ‘Outstanding’. Following such a fulfilling experience, one yearns for any follow-up to be on an equal standard. ‘The Monocle’ is just that. […]
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______ 24 June 2024 ______ 3*** ______ A yearly celebration takes place in the seaside town of Sidmouth in Devon; the opening of the Summer Play Festival; 12 plays performed in 12 weeks forming the longest running repertory theatre season in the UK. With advance ticket sales as good as they have ever been there
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______ 20 June 2024 ______ 4**** ______ I have followed Cornwall-based Ha Hum Ah Theatre Company for some years now and their growth has been a joy to watch. In collaboration with the Minack Theatre, they are currently touring in ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’, an adaptation (of sorts) by John Nicholson. Now, Nicholson
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______ 4 June 2024 ______ 5***** ______ The dinner party from hell is a tried and trusted setting for writers, from Shakespeare’s ‘Titus Andronicus’ to Graham Greene’s novel ‘Doctor Fischer of Geneva’ to Peter Greenaway’s film, ‘The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover’ – hosts setting up to humiliate their guests whilst offering
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To a virtually packed house, Paul Taylor-Mills, welcomed new and seasoned supporters to the Manor Pavilion Theatre in Sidmouth, Devon for the launch of the 2024 Summer Play Festival launch. This is Paul’s 11th year of producing the Festival and, as he said, things have changed for him during those years; not only does he
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