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Not everything in Grimeborn can work and while the commitment of all concerned deserves recognition, this adaptation cannot be considered wholly successful. As a better test of its worth though, I do hope further performances can be arranged with a full ensemble of strings, wo…
Tim Hochstrasser
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After Monty Python and Blackadder it is not really possible to present this type of opera in full cross-gartered fustian without an ironic angle; so much bet…
Tim Hochstrasser
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There is no doubt that Mrs Henderson Presents should transfer to the West End. The material is first-rate and superior to many new musicals that have played …
Stephen Collins
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It was a brilliant and energetic concert that clearly showed that Verkaik is having the time of her life and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Emma Clarendon
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The play's the thing - wherein to catch the conscience of a King. And the hearts of an audience. Turner needs to pay more attention to the play and the actor…
Stephen Collins
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There is an open-minded integrity about these conversations and characterisations that is highly impressive and which deserves a wider audience in a larger (…
Tim Hochstrasser
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The evening as a whole provided a superbly invigorating beginning to the Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola. We were given new insights into an old work that m…
Tim Hochstrasser
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I doubt anyone could hope for a finer, more delicate production of this great play. It is genuinely funny in parts, full of melodramatic touches which are no…
Stephen Collins
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Bruises is an ambitious piece, seeking to cast a non-judgmental eye on the highly divisive topic of sex work. There is so much to admire in this play, which …
Matthew Lunn
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So in sum, the production did achieve exactly what Grimeborn sets out to do each year. It knocked old layers of varnish off an old favourite and found a new …
Tim Hochstrasser
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In the wrong hands this show could be become exactly what it is trying to send up; a clap-along, preppy, saccharine affair. However the blistering choreograp…
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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Inevitably there are many priceless anecdotes that had to be left out of this play, and its dramatic transformation is not perfect. But it captures the spiri…
Tim Hochstrasser
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In sum, this is a thoroughly absorbing evening in the theatre with high professional values across the board, but where the real rewards and revelation come …
Tim Hochstrasser
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So while this is a challenging night in the theatre in the best sense, it remains incomplete and unfinished and invites further revision and reflection on th…
Tim Hochstrasser
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The evening was notable for reviving a work of genuine tuneful elegance and comic potential. The commitment and skill of the production overall makes you wan…
Tim Hochstrasser
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DiPietro’s character studies vere dangerously close to stereotypes at times but ultimately the truth of the characters and their circumstances win out. There…
Douglas Mayo
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The Backward Fall is a thoughtful and touching play. It handles the effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s with great sensitivity, and I feel enriched for having…
Matthew Lunn
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