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Treading similar terrain as the recently seen 'Mrs Henderson Presents', it has an infectious score, well-written dialogue, and a story that revolves around more than one centre of gravity.
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This is a worthwhile exercise, it is well produced, well acted and well nigh bound to leave you thinking that, as far as the development of nineteenth centur…
Julian Eaves
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Aside from the device of making it an all-female cast, this is a powerful, enjoyable production. It may lose some of the masculine menace of the original but…
Mark Ludmon
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It touches on the brutality of the death penalty at a time when the number of executions is on the rise around the world but it is ultimately a sharply writt…
Mark Ludmon
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We are going to have to find a new word for disabled, as this company rubs the President’s face in that word. This is a wonderful production- feel it, hear i…
Paul T Davies
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Finborough Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s scarcely seen Incident at Vichy does great justice to a play that deserves a far wider audience. Compellin…
Matthew Lunn
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Sea Fret captures the human story behind this disintegration of homes and ways of life. While the narrative lacks clarity and drive at some points, the play …
Mark Ludmon
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With planks and bales of hay as well as more inventive props, the farmyard world has been cleverly conceived by designer Emily Bestow. It all comes together …
Mark Ludmon
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But there is more truth in The Life than in ten other shows currently playing in town, and if you care about life, if you want to see it as it is, not as som…
Julian Eaves
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With a twisting plot and strong characters, Chinglish leaves you laughing but aware of an inevitable chasm of difference between the two cultures that means …
Mark Ludmon
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Tennant offers what the West End loves: a tour-de-force performance that looks totally at home in the gilded, plush, ornate interior of this exquisite fin-de…
Julian Eaves
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