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‘Tender & exquisitely yearning new production’: MY NIGHT WITH REG – Turbine Theatre ★★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Mark Shenton29th July 2021Leave a Comment

Revisiting My Night With Reg now is to experience this heartbreaker of life and loss and friendship and family not just as a time capsule of a particular period of our lives but as a timeless classic, an intricately patterned play of layered and deeply poignant inter-relationships.

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‘Genuinely touching & a whole lot of fun’: CALENDAR GIRLS – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Press Releases, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Emma Clarendon28th March 2019Leave a Comment

While initially slow to start, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical Calendar Girls beautifully draws the audience into the story and the lives of the calendar girls.

NEWS: Fern Britton & Anna-Jane Casey lead renamed Calendar Girls Musical on tour

In Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Regional theatre, Touring by Emma Clarendon22nd January 2018Leave a Comment

Casting has been announced for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical Calendar Girls the Musical (previously just The Girls in the West End). It opens on 16 August 2018 at the Leeds Grand Theatre.

NEWS: Fern Britton & Anna-Jane Casey lead renamed Calendar Girls Musical on tour

In Musicals, Native, News, Press Releases, Regional theatre, Touring by Emma Clarendon22nd January 2018Leave a Comment

Casting has been announced for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical Calendar Girls the Musical (previously just The Girls in the West End). It opens on 16 August 2018 at the Leeds Grand Theatre.

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KNIVES IN HENS – Donmar Warehouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Aleks Sierz25th August 2017Leave a Comment

Star director Yael Farber’s revival of a 1990s classic is surely atmospheric, but it lacks symbolic weight.

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KNIVES IN HENS – Donmar Warehouse

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews, Sticky by Ian Foster23rd August 2017Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that director Yaël Farber creates the most immersive of worlds in her theatre but it is still a sensory thrill to allow yourself to submerge entirely into it.

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NEWS: Norris directs Lucy Kirkwood premier, The Good Soldier Schwejk newly adapted

In London theatre, Musicals, News, Plays by Ian Foster17th June 2017Leave a Comment

Christine Edzard will be writing and directing a new version of The Good Soldier Schwejk, based on the satirical Czech novel by Jaroslav Hašek, and creating a daring theatrical and filmic experience.
Published in serial form, The Good Soldier Schwejk became an instant success.

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DOGFIGHT – Reunion Concert for One Night Only

In Features, Interviews, London theatre, Reviews by Jonathan Baz15th September 2015Leave a Comment

As Danielle Tarento’s award winning production of Dogfight returns to London’s St James Theatre for one day only on Sunday 11th October, here is an opportunity to re-visit my my interview from last year with the show’s acclaimed star, Laura Jane Matthewson.

Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards (and what my own votes were)

In Awards, Features, Musicals, News, Opinion, Plays by Mark Shenton27th January 2015Leave a Comment

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