We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Cormac Richards Theatre Awards. At the end of the day these are just based on the opinion of the reviewer and many factors come into play when deciding who nudges ahead to take the award. That said, theatre lives and dies by the hard work […]
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We are delighted to present the nominations for the 2024 CORMAC RICHARDS THEATRE AWARDS 2024. The nominations have been chosen from all the productions viewed this year, whether reviewed or not. Winning productions from the previous year are not eligible for nominations in the current year. Several awards will be presented without a list of
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Thus we turn to the second half of 2024 – again, a mix of shows and performances; we wouldn’t want it any other way! JULY And so the Sidmouth Summer Season continued with Noel Coward’s HAY FEVER (Manor Pavilion Theatre Sidmouth). A gloriously talented ensemble shone brightly under Jason Moore’s cracking direction. Sidmouth at
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______ 19 December 2024 _______ 4**** ______ So, the reviewing year comes to an end and how appropriate to have a production of A Christmas Carol as the finale along with a first visit to the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis. Charles Dickens would, no doubt, be astonished by the sheer number of versions and
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______ 17 December 2024 ______ 5***** ______ There are many lists containing the elements of what makes for a good pantomime – or any stage show for that matter – you can tick boxes if you like. With Theatre Royal Plymouth’s 2024 offering of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ just about completes a full
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______ 9 December 2024 ______ 4**** ______ For the third year running, the comedy company, Le Navet Bete, are taking a central role in the Exeter Northcott Theatre pantomime; from the, frankly, dark depths of awfulness that it was a few years ago, the annual show is reaching a level which succeeds on almost every
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______ 6 December 2024 ______ 4**** ______ The 2006 film ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ was a huge hit, almost recouping its $35m budget in the opening weekend in the US and Canada. It has an enormous following. The stage musical first opened in 2022 when it was panned by the critics and taken to task
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And so the time has come for another theatre review of the year – goodness the time passes quickly! Suffice to say, this year we have been regaled with the good, the bad, the ugly and the magnificent. In this first of two parts, we will look at all the productions or events seen and
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