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Continue reading →: Glorious!-Windsor Theatre Royal.Florence Foster Jenkins was an American socialite who became known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability. However, that didn’t stop her from selling out Carnegie Hall. Wendi Peters takes on the role of Florence Foster Jenkins, and Matthew James Morrison plays Cosme McMoon, the…
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Continue reading →: The Talented Mr Ripley-The Lighthouse Theatre, Poole.American novelist Patricia Highsmith wrote the story of The Talented Mr. Ripley was 70 years ago, yet the story is still popular today. With the advance in technology and onstreet cameras, it never has the phrase used by Tom Ripley to be more relevant, “Have you ever had the feeling…
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Continue reading →: Choir of Man-New Wimbledon Theatre.There was a time, not so long ago, when The Choir of Man felt like a well-kept secret: a scrappy, big-hearted hour of song and spoken word tucked away in a makeshift pub, equal parts gig, theatre and late-night lock-in. Back in 2021 at the Underbelly in Earl’s Court, just as the…
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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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