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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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Continue reading →: Single White Female-New Victoria Theatre Woking.Single White Female tour performs in Woking’s New Victoria Theatre from 3rd to 7th March. It arrives on stage with a contemporary twist, reimagining the 1992 psychological thriller for a modern audience steeped in social media, start‑up culture, and the pressures of single parenthood. At its centre is Allie, played…
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Continue reading →: Dolly- directed by Rod Blackhurst.What should have been a day of a romantic proposal and celebrating the couples future turns into a fight for survival for Macy (Fabianne Therese) and Chase (Seann William Scott). As the couple walk through the dense woods to a favourite spot, they stumble across a lot of children’s dolls…
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Continue reading →: 2.22 A Ghost Story-King’s Theatre Portsmouth.James Bye, Natalie Casey, Grant Kilburn and Shivorne Marks star in the latest touring production of the successful play 2.22 A Ghost Story by Danny Robins Jenny played by Shivorne Marks is convinced the new home she shares with Sam (James Bye) is haunted and at 2.22 am she hears…
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Continue reading →: Spitfire Girls-Theatre Royal Winchester.Spitfire Girls by Katherine Senior is the moving story about two sisters who are working on the family pig farm near Southampton. It’s 1944 and World War II is taking place and they both want to do their bit for the war effort. Answering an advert to the Air Force…
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Continue reading →: Bitch Boxer – Arcola Theatre, London.Jodie Campbell runs through this sixty-minute show like a Duracell bunny. She is a non-stop physical powerhouse who astounds with her physicality and still has breath to deliver moving, pointed dialogue dealing with weighty emotional subjects: bereavement, goals in conflict, love, betrayal. She moves convincingly like a boxer (movement direction…
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