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Cast to face jury in Lyric's Terror
Emma Fielding and Forbes Masson are to lead the cast of courtroom drama Terror at the Lyric Hammersmith where the audience decides on the verdict.
Mark Ludmon
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Cast Announced For UK Premiere Of New Musical Birds Of Paradise
Birds Of Paradise is a new musical with music by David Evans and Lyrics by Winnie Holzman, and book by Holzman and Evans. Birds Of Paradise will have its UK …
Douglas Mayo
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Jessica Martin To Star in Ballroom European Premier
Ballroom the musical is finally to have its European Premiere this May with a production that is to star Jessica Martin at Waterloo East Theatre.
Douglas Mayo
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REVIEW: Actor Awareness Scratch Night : Women
Alexa Terry reviews the Actor Awareness Scratch Night with the theme of Women at the Spotlight Studios in Leicester Square.
Alexa Terry
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REVIEW: The Philanthropist, Trafalgar Studios ✭✭
A combination of bad casting and lacklustre directing from Simon Callow leads to an ultimately disappointing evening; the greatest act of philanthropy would …
Danny Coleman-Cooke
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REVIEW: Whisper House, The Other Palace ✭✭✭
Overall, Whisper House is an interesting experiment, a novel departure from the 'norms' of musical theatre. If it doesn't quite fulfill its ambitions, well, …
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Natives, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭
Natives is a sharply written chronicle of coming of age at a time when digital technology presents new challenges for young people but could also provide the…
Mark Ludmon
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REVIEW: After You, Crazy Coqs at Cafe Zedel ✭✭✭
There is a simplicity to the characters which is artless and appealing in its own way, but it also makes them rather thinly drawn, and even over the course o…
Julian Eaves
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REVIEW: Guards At The Taj, Bush Theatre ✭✭✭✭
A deeply affecting story with moments of dark humour, Guards at the Taj is an excellent choice of a premiere for the newly renovated Bush Theatre.
Sophie Adnitt
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REVIEW: Shit-Faced Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Leicester Square Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Shit-Faced Shakespeare, with the essence of the rustic fringe festival at its heart, is a welcoming night of inebriated indecency which unshackles you from r…
Alexa Terry
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