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‘A beautiful & moving tale of loss & love’: ONCE – Touring ★★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Kirsty Herrington28th February 2020Leave a Comment

Once is not just your average love story. It’s a charming production with a touching tale and exquisite music that’s sure to capture your heart – it’s guaranteed to be a show you’ll want to see more than once.

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‘The music is the heart & soul of this show’: ONCE – Touring ★★★★

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Debbie Gilpin13th January 2020Leave a Comment

A welcome return for Once, a gorgeous show with music truly at its heart and soul.

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‘A complete delight of a musical’: ONCE – Touring ★★★★★

In Interviews, London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Olivia Mitchell10th January 2020Leave a Comment

The audience can’t hep but be attentive throughout as Once has the magical ability to completely wrap them up and take them on a journey that is pure and delicate.

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‘The rich score is performed expertly by the cast of actor-musicians’: THE HIRED MAN – Hornchurch & Touring ★★★

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Debbie Gilpin4th May 2019Leave a Comment

A decent production of a slightly bland musical – The Hired Man’s 20-30 year span is over-ambitious for the given running time.

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‘There’s something intriguing & moving here’: THE HIRED MAN – Hornchurch & Touring

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews, Touring by Ian Foster1st May 2019Leave a Comment

The Hired Man might perhaps disappoint those looking for the bombast of a large-scale musical but in its subtle portrait of a slice of social history, there’s something more intriguing and moving here.

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‘Tender enough to move even the stubbornest of souls’: ONCE – Hornchurch

In Musicals, Opinion, Regional theatre, Reviews by Ian Foster9th October 2018Leave a Comment

This regional UK premiere of Once the musical should see you falling slowly towards Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in order to book your tickets.

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‘A fascinating & heartfelt play’: AN IDEAL HUSBAND – West End ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Libby Purves4th May 2018Leave a Comment

Worth going to Jonathan Church ’s latest Wilde Classic Spring revival – An Ideal Husband – if only for a feast of Foxes: patriarch Edward as old Lord Caversham and his real youngest son Freddie as his stage son Lord Goring.

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‘Punk-like energy is hard to sustain’: ELECTRA – Bunker Theatre

In London theatre, Musicals, Opinion, Reviews by Ian Foster7th March 2018Leave a Comment

The enduring presence of the gods in this modern reading of Electra is a circle that is never squared, the potential intrigue of its revolutionary politics are hampered by the reliance on a hero (fresh from the fight), and not even the raucous live music can stop the storytelling from dragging.

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‘Uncomfortable mix of the ancient and the modern’: ELECTRA – Bunker Theatre

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz4th March 2018Leave a Comment

Enjoyable performances, but I really do wish there had been less words in Electra at the Bunker Theatre, and more music and sharper storytelling.

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