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‘Remarkably revealing & painfully honest’: THE SILENT TREATMENT – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

In Edinburgh Festival, Festivals, Films, Musicals, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews, Scotland by Tom BoltonLeave a Comment

Sarah-Louise Young is brisk, charming and authoritative, engaging the audience in vocal warm-ups as they take their seats. Her confident stage demeanour sets the scene for one-woman show The Silent Treatment at Summerhall that becomes remarkably revealing and painfully honest.

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‘Gloriously re-imagined’: BEAUTY & THE BEAST / WICKED — Liverpool Empire / Apollo Victoria

In Children's theatre, Features, Films, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Regional theatre, Reviews by Mark ShentonLeave a Comment

Mark Shenton: First of all, apologies that I was missing-in-action yesterday. I was in London — and at a hotel without desk space in the rooms, so unable to write. (And the dog ate my homework, too). So no, that’s not the entirety of my excuse. But sometimes I need to take a break, too. There may be days when the newsletter fails to materialize!

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‘The musical we perhaps all need’: COME FROM AWAY – Apple TV+ (Online review)

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On 11 September 2021, it will mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. To commemorate the anniversary, Apple TV+ has filmed a performance of the Broadway production of Come From Away, released to subscribers on 10 September.

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‘A completely successful piece of digital theatre’: WALDEN – Cinemas Nationwide (Online review)

In Films, Online shows, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Louise PennLeave a Comment

Twin sisterhood, space, and the uncertain near future are at play in Amy Berryman’s debut play, Walden, which recently enjoyed a run on stage as part of the Re:Emerge season at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Now, it resurfaces in a filmed version to be released in cinemas on Wednesday.