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Continue reading →: One Day: The Musical – The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh.
Anticipation hung in the air at the world premiere of One Day: The Musical at the Royal Lyceum Theatre. Regulars might have been surprised to find the auditorium reconfigured in the round, the audience facing one another across the stage. For a theatre accustomed to a traditional proscenium, the shift is initially…
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Continue reading →: 2.22 A Ghost Story-New Victoria Theatre Woking.2:22 A Ghost Story is a very unique theatre experience. You go in expecting a thriller, and that is certainly what you get. Throughout 22 A Ghost Story, it makes use of some cheap jump scares. However, in one of the most bizarrely unifying experiences I’ve had in theatre, I…
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Continue reading →: Psychology of Serial Killers-The Anvil Basingstoke.Lecturer ex-forensics Jennifer Rees delivers an intriguing and insightful lecture about a wide range of serial killers and their cases. Debunking some of the myths used in television dramas that “pigeon hole” these perpetrators into a type which is often blame on childhood abuse (not all are) and not many…
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Continue reading →: Ancient Grease-The Vaults, Waterloo.I am old enough to have seen Grease in the cinema when it was first released in 1978 and have ever since been a fan of the high school love story. The idea of Grease the film being mixed with Greek mythology to make a new parody sounded too good…
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Continue reading →: Barnum The Circus Musical-King’s Theatre Portsmouth.The circus has arrived this week at the King’s Theatre in Portsmouth. Set against the beautiful backdrop, the Circus looks like it is at home in the King’s Theatre and could easily have been made to measure exclusively for the venue. Barnum The Circus Musical is about the life of…
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Continue reading →: Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, A Play, A Pie and A Pint – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.There is a particular magic in lunchtime theatre and Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, part of the Play, A Pie and A Pint series, captures it with gentle precision. In the intimate Traverse Theatre space, the boundary between audience and performer almost disappears, allowing every glance, pause, and knock at…
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Continue reading →: Matilda the Musical – Edinburgh Playhouse.Despite the promise of spring, the evening in Edinburgh was wet and cold, making the warmth and colour of the Playhouse all the more inviting. Families and children shook off umbrellas and coats, ready to be carried away by the mischievous, imaginative world of Matilda the Musical. Fittingly, the performance…
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Continue reading →: Othello-Discarded Nut Theatre Company.William Shakespeare wrote Othello over 400 years ago, which makes the job of reviewing easier as there are no spoiler alerts, as many people know the storyline and the tragic ending. Despite how long ago this play was written, human nature has changed that much and the themes running throughout…
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Continue reading →: Broken Glass – The Young Vic.Broken Glass by playwright Arthur Miller was written in 1994. The play‘s title was on Kristallnacht, which is also known as the Night of Broken Glass. The play was set in Brooklyn in 1938. It follows the story of Sylvia Gellburg (Pearl Chanda), a Jewish housewife, who suddenly finds that she’s…
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Continue reading →: While They Were Waiting-Upstairs at the Gatehouse.Gary Wilmot’s debut play While They Were Waiting is a charming two-hander play starring Wilmot and Steve Furst. If nothing else, it is an absolute treat to be able to see two longstanding incredibly talented actors performing in an intimate space and watch their craft up close. How does a…
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