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Continue reading →: Is This Thing On?
Following on from an Edinburgh Festival success the production follows best friends and flatmates Liz and Mary; one a musician and one a spoken word performer. This depiction of female friendship is written and performed by MisMatch a talented new duo made up of Megan Keaveny (Liz) and Ellie Campbell…
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Continue reading →: La Clique Cabaret, Circus,Comedy and Music.
Leicester Square Spiegeltent traditionally hosts La Clique’s Christmas production from November until early January. Surrounded by festive stalls adds to the festive mood. This year La Clique celebrate their 20th Anniversary. The host for the evening was La Clique’s creator David Bates. There’s a range of acts to entertain and…
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Continue reading →: 1984 by George Orwell.A camera sweeps across the auditorium, members of the audience point at themselves on screen and wave as Big Brother looks unblinkingly down from a huge, eye-shaped monitor. The scene opens and everywhere is monitored, even your own home. The Party watches through telescreens; posters throughout the city warn residents…
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Continue reading →: Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien.Legendary RocknRoll Musical Rocky Horror Show written by Richard O’Brien is currently on tour and running into 2025. As a first-timer watching the show, I wasn’t sure what to expect and the only song I was familiar with was the Time Warp. The show is encouraged to be interactive. With…
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Continue reading →: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button An Ordinary Musical.Advertised as an “Ordinary Musical” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button proves to be an extraordinary production. Set in a small coastal Cornish village a much-awaited child is born to Mary Button (Philippa Hogg) and Roger Button (Benedict Salter). However, Benjamin (John Dalgeish) is born with the physical appearance of…
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Continue reading →: AMAZE by Jamie Allan.As a magic sceptic, I am not instantly drawn to believing in the wonders of magic. However, I do like being entertained and left questioning “How on earth did they do that?”. Kevin Quantum is a magician/illusionist who has never failed to impress me. Jamie Allan has the same personable…
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Continue reading →: Swan Lake directed by Derek Deane.Reviewing from a filmed version of any production will lose some of the emotions evoked from a live performance. With Ballet and Opera it is listening to the Orchestra warming up and the hearing the buzz of the audience as they take their seats. On the plus side it opens…
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Continue reading →: Love in Action by Hideki Noda.
In Japanese with English subtitles, Love in Action is very loosely based on The Brothers Karamazov, with many twists and turns and a new, surprising emotional ending. The key events of the original, mainly the love triangle between the oldest son and his father have been kept but moved to…
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Continue reading →: The History Boys by Alan Bennett.Playwright Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys was first performed on stage twenty years ago at the National Theatre. It’s A level results day in Sheffield and eight boys have just received the best results their school has ever known. In six months each one has the opportunity to apply…
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Continue reading →: DEAR EVAN HANSEN.I missed the original West End production which meant I came to view this without any preconceived ideas. Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply moving story of socially anxious Evan Hansen, a high school senior who struggles with mental health issue and is encouraged by his therapist to write supportive…
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