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Dad Wrote A Porno UK Tour - Live On Stage

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Dad Wrote A Porno UK Tour - Live On Stage

The team behind the smash hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno are bringing their hilarious live adaption on tour which visits venues across the UK

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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Mercury Theatre Colchester

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Mercury Theatre Colchester

Just an hour from London and highly accessible, the Mercury Theatre Colchester has stood proudly on its current site since 1972, with the main house and stud…

Paul T Davies

Paul T Davies

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Casting announced for Top Hat at The Gatehouse

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Casting announced for Top Hat at The Gatehouse

This Christmas Ovation Productions returns to Upstairs At The Gatehouse with Irving Berlin's’ Top Hat from 13 December 2017 – 28 January 2018.

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Rasputin Rocks, Stockwell Playhouse ✭✭

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REVIEW: Rasputin Rocks, Stockwell Playhouse ✭✭

When you hear that a pair of writers have been working on a show for 10 years before finally bringing it to the stage to find out what it works like in reali…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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More Theatre Podcasts We Listen To

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More Theatre Podcasts We Listen To

We look at some more great musical theatre podcasts including The Hamilcast, Every Musical Ever and Jimmi and Tomic's Musical Theatre Happy Hour.

Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo

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REVIEW: Heather, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Heather, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭✭

A sharp shot of highly creative storytelling, Heather is well worth a visit to witness just what can be achieved with any limitations

Sophie Adnitt

Sophie Adnitt

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REVIEW: The Exorcist, Phoenix Theatre ✭✭✭

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REVIEW: The Exorcist, Phoenix Theatre ✭✭✭

If you go prepared to be scared, like the audience members who got their feet at the curtain call, you will be, and if, like the woman being helped out of th…

Paul T Davies

Paul T Davies

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REVIEW: Lord Dismiss Us, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Lord Dismiss Us, Above The Stag ✭✭✭✭

Lord Dismiss Us is packed choc-full of nifty one-liners and often lovely double-entendres, the occasional song or prayer, a spot of amateur dramatics, and la…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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REVIEW: Young Marx, Bridge Theatre ✭✭✭✭

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REVIEW: Young Marx, Bridge Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Bean and Coleman don't put a foot wrong. Briskly plotted, dizzily paced with doors flying shut and open with split-second timing, revealing and concealing t…

Julian Eaves

Julian Eaves

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Bananaman the musical cast announced

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Bananaman the musical cast announced

Casting was today announced for Bananaman the musical which is to run at Southwark Playhouse from 15 December 2017.

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