______ 6 February 2026 ______ 4***** ______ I have mentioned before in my reviews that bringing an Agatha Christie play to the stage successfully is far harder than at first it might appear. With ‘And Then There Were None’, it is a real challenge; regarded as one of the best-plotted whodunnit’s ever written, it has […]
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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2025 CORMAC RICHARDS THEATRE AWARDS. THIS IS THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE AWARDS AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL THE PLAYS AND SHOWS SEEN THIS YEAR HAVE PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT AND HAVE BEEN ENJOYED BY MANY. THESE AWARDS ARE THE SOLE OPINION OF REVIEWER CORMAC RICHARDS. COMEDY
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WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 CORMAC RICHARDS THEATRE AWARDS – THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 27 DECEMBER. COMEDY PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR PRESENT LAUGHTER – Exeter University Theatre Company DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth TIME AND TIME AGAIN – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth SEE
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July The second half of the year kicked off with the delightful Quartet by Ronald Harwood. Andrew Beckett’s excellent and meticulously dressed set was peopled by some of the most experienced members of the Sidmouth rep alumni; Hilary Harwood, Erin Geraghty, James Pellow and Paul Lavers – it was a pleasure to see the quartet
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______ 20 December 2025 ______ 4**** ______ The short, self-published, 1943 story ‘The Greatest Gift’ by Philip van Doren Stern was probably never meant to be celebrated for so many decades, and indeed it isn’t, except in its adaptation to celluloid as ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ made in 1946. With a few echoes of ‘A
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______ 16 December 2025 ______ 2** ______ I hate to end the theatrical year on a bit of a downer, but do you ever get the feeling of déjà vu? When Shane Richie was the headline star of the Theatre Royal Plymouth pantomime in 2022 our review said the following about Crossroads; “the more pantomimes you
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Is it me, or has 2025 passed like a very fast train? Time doesn’t stand still and we have the first six months to look back on in this first part of our annual review. 2025 has been a little unusual and circumstances have changed somewhat. A lot of time has been devoted to book
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_____ 18 November 2025 ______ 5***** ______ With the 30th Anniversary of his Swan Lake pulling into Madrid for the final dates of its year-long tour and the dust hardly settled on the UK productions of The Midnight Bell, it has been a busy year for Sir Matthew Bourne and his company, and now The
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12 November 2025 _______ When I reviewed ‘The Winter’s Tale’ performed by Exeter-based Sun and Moon Theatre at Poltimore House in the summer of 2024, it was my first encounter with the company. I was struck by the enthusiasm, the invention, the love of language and the ability to tell the stories in such a
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______ 29 October 2025 ______ 3***1/2 ______ For the audiences who watch ‘Salt’ it is unlikely to have seen anything like it before and that is the best of theatre, when it creates something so far from the very well beaten track. For a play set by and on the sea, watching it in a
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