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‘Brings some cheer to dull January days’: PRESS PLAY HERE – Theatre Royal Stratford East (Online review)

In Cabaret, London theatre, Musicals, Online shows, Opinion, Pantomimes, Reviews by John Chapman25th January 2021Leave a Comment

Choose your own programme with some mini delights in and around the Theatre Royal Stratford East building thanks to Press Play Here.

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‘A historical epic that demands to be heard’: THE WELKIN – National Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster25th January 2020Leave a Comment

Lucy Kirkwood returns to the National Theatre with The Welkin, starring a brilliant ensemble led by Maxine Peake.

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‘Fatally unbalanced’: THE STARRY MESSENGER – West End

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster31st May 2019Leave a Comment

Middle-aged white male wish fulfilment writ large, The Starry Messenger is a dull, disappointing and delusional three hours at the Wyndham’s Theatre.

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NEWS: Full West End cast joining Matthew Broderick & Elizabeth McGovern in The Starry Messenger announced

In London theatre, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Sticky by Press Releases24th April 2019Leave a Comment

Jim Norton, Jenny Galloway and Rosalind Eleazar join Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern in the West End production of The Starry Messenger by Kenneth Lonergan.

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Sherman album series: Mary Poppins (2005 Original London Cast Recording)

In Albums, Cabaret, Children's theatre, Concerts, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster17th August 2017Leave a Comment

As A Spoonful of Sherman, a tribute to three generations of Sherman family music, including childhood classics by the Sherman Brothers, continues Live at Zedel until 20 August 2017, Ian Foster reviews related albums.

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FORTY YEARS ON – Chichester

In Festivals, Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre by Matt Merritt29th April 2017Leave a Comment

Alan Bennett’s Forty Years On is a curious play. His first outing as playwright (back in 1968) is charmingly eccentric, wonderfully witty and every bit a Bennett play. In fact it comes across as if the History Boys stumbled into a production of ‘Oh What a Lovely War’ and decided to join in the fun.

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FORTY YEARS ON – Chichester

In Opinion, Plays, Regional theatre, Reviews by Johnny Fox28th April 2017Leave a Comment

I am inordinately fond of Forty Years On. In only my second ever trip to London, my mother took me to see the original production the year I was fifteen and therefore readily able to identify with the serge-trousered schoolboys it features in their end-of-term entertainment to mark the retirement of a long-serving headmaster.

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NEWS: Further cast announced for Forty Years On & Caroline, Or Change at Chichester

In Musicals, Native, News, Plays, Press Releases, Regional theatre by Press Releases8th March 2017Leave a Comment

Further casting has been announced for the opening productions of Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2017 season, FORTY YEARS ON and CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.

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TV Review: FLEABAG

In Films, London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Ian Foster12th December 2016Leave a Comment

I left it a little while to watch Fleabag on television, for though Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s ascension to the ranks of hugely buzzworthy writer has been pleasing to watch, I haven’t – dare I say it – always been the hugest fan of her work.

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