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Continue reading →: GENERATE:Student Art Exhibition 2025.Greenham Common back in the 1980s was made famous by the thousands of women who arrived at the then USA Airbase to protest against the cruise missiles being stored there and to promote peace not war. A link to the History of the RAF and USA airbase is attached at…
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Continue reading →: The Maids by Jean Genet.The Maids by Jean Genet is a dark psychological play where sisters Solange (Anna Popplewell) and Claire (Charlie Oscar) are Maids to their over-indulged and not very intelligent Mistress (Carla Harrison-Hodge) who can’t even pronounce “camomile” correctly which the Maids mimic in passing. Set in the Mistress’s dressing room the…
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Continue reading →: GRAEAE-Inaugural New Writing Festival.Graeae’s New Writing Festival takes place the last weekend in January. 25 & 26 JANUARY 2025 From 10 am Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA To foster inclusivity and dialogue around new writing in the UK and highlight the invaluable contributions made by Deaf, Disabled and neurodivergent…
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Continue reading →: The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall.After an incredibly busy year in the ever changing world of Theatre Land. I am thrilled to finish off the year in The Royal Albert Hall watching the enchanting ballet The Nutcracker with the Birmingham Royal Ballet and music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Royal Ballet Birmingham have dedicated these performances…
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Continue reading →: Sleeping Beauty-Poole’s Dream Family Pantomime.Sleeping Beauty at Poole Lighthouse marks my final Pantomime review of 2024. It didn’t disappoint. The standard this year has been very high and audiences have been receptive, especially the younger audiences. Written and directed by Chris Jarvis who is better known for his work with CBeebies. Princess Rose (Isabella…
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Continue reading →: Slava’s SnowShow.Almost every member of the audience became involved with the performance at some point; brushing snow off their clothes, pulling cobwebs from their hair, dodging water sprays or playing with the giant balloons that bounced around the auditorium during the finale. Slava’s Snowshow gives a whole new meaning to audience…
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Continue reading →: Sleeping Beauty by Luke Adams.Penge Theatre has a Christmas treat this year for all the family with the production of Sleeping Beauty written and directed by Luke Adams. The cast of four works together well. With three of the cast taking on multiple characters. As the Pantomime Dame Brendan Matthew as Dame Dirty Gertie…
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Continue reading →: The Last Days of Liz Truss by Greg Wilkinson.
On September 5th 2022 Mary Elizabeth Truss became Prime Minister after meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth invited her to form the next government. Full of ideas about tax cuts, borrowing and energy price guarantees she wanted to make radical changes without proper planning and consultation. By October 25th, fifty days…
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Continue reading →: Christmas in Exeter Street by Cordelia O’Neill.What is the true meaning of Christmas? With all the commercial advertising and consumerism the meaning more often than not gets lost and the season becomes about “stuff” instead of what’s really important, whether that’s family, friends or simply being there for someone. Christmas in Exeter Street opens the story…
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Continue reading →: Sleeping Beauty by Jon Monie.Sleeping Beauty at The Anvil in Basingstoke is an all-round family based Pantomime this season. On offer are plenty of rhyming verses, singing, dancing and some risqué comedy which flew over the younger audience’s heads (luckily). Fairy Snowfall (Joanna Adeyinka-Burford) and her direct enemy Carabosse (Jenny O’Leary) cast their magic…
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