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Once

Rating: ***** Phoenix Theatre, London Summary: Gloriously engaging tale of disillusioned Busker and a motivational a Czech immigrant. Funny, poignant, heart-warming story with a wonderful soundtrack and beautifully produced. Based on Continue reading →

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Beautiful Thing

Rating: **** Arts Theatre, London Summary: Wonderful tale of teenage love and sexual identity in London It has been 20 years since Beautiful Thing first hit the stage. It originally opened Continue reading →

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A Chorus Line

Rating ** London Palladium, London Summary: Dreary and soulless musical on auditioning A Chorus Line provides a warts-and-all look at the near torturous process of selecting a dancing chorus for a musical. Set Continue reading →

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Carmen

Rating: **** The Coliseum, London Summary: Vibrant and passionate interpretation of this Operatic masterpiece Containing some of the most beautiful and instantly recognisable music, Carmen is arguably the most popular opera Continue reading →

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One Night With Joan Collins

Rating: *** Leicester Square Theatre, London Summary: Highly engaging and comic skip through the ups and downs of Ms Collins’ life   If you were asked to name a RADA Continue reading →

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Up4aMeet

Rating:*** Waterloo East Theatre, London Summary: Comic look at the trials and temptations of online dating in the gay community Up4aMeet looks at the trials and tribulations of online gay Continue reading →

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The Hairy Ape

Rating: *** Southwark Playhouse, London Summary: Intense but flawed production of Eugene O’Neill’s take on the US class system The Hairy Ape is one of O’Neill’s full-length plays (interestingly presented Continue reading →

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The Girl With The Iron Claw

Rating: **** Soho Theatre, London Summary: Sublime blend of puppetry and acting to tell the the fairytale story of Valemon It’s midwinter. It’s the middle of Dartmoor and a group Continue reading →

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Solaris

Rating: **** The Courtyard Theatre, London Summary: Wonderful, if flawed, telling of Stanislaw’s classic space thriller Solaris, probably best know as the 2002 Stephen Soderbergh film starring George Clooney, is science Continue reading →

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Freedom, Books, Flowers and the Moon

Rating: *** Waterloo East Theatre, London Summary: Mixed look at love in retelling of 2 Oscar Wilde short stories Based on 2 short stories by Oscar Wilde (‘The Nightingale and The Continue reading →

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