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Riders to the Sea by Vaughn WilliamsDirector: Fiona ShawReviewer: Crystal AlsonsiWhoever had the original flash of genius to merge Luonnotar and Riders to the Sea is to be warmly congratulated. The ENO production of Luonnotar, a tone poem, by Sibelius presented a darkly atmospheric version of a Finnish creation myth. The part of the eponymous [...]

Calendar Girls by Tim FirthDirector: Hamish McCollReviewer: Ann BawtreeThe famous story of the heroic Women’s Institute members whose bold scheme to raise money in support of Leukaemia Research has been well documented in the media, by the sale of their product and by a block buster film based on their story. Now we have the [...]

Alex by Charles Peattie & Russell TaylorDirector: Phelim McDermottVideo Design: Leo Warner & Mark GrimmerAnimation: Charles PeattieReviewer: John RobertsBased on the Daily Telegraph’s long running comic strip by Charles Peattie & Russell Taylor, Alex is brought to life in this fusion of Live theatre and animation. Alex is a middle aged financial banker in London’s [...]

Slava’s Snow ShowDevised and directed by SlavaReviewer: Jim NicholsonI was hoping to be amazed, I wasn’t, I was expecting to be entertained and I certainly was, and all around me child after child and their parents were having the “night of their life”. Perhaps I was not as “drawn in” because of my midlife years, [...]

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatMusic: Andrew Lloyd-WebberLyrics: Tim RiceDirector: Bill KenwrightReviewer: Stephanie RoweAfter seeing a few other performances of Joseph both Professional and Amateur and enjoying each and every one, I was really looking forward to this show. The show opened with the narrator and two children walking across the stage while the narrator [...]

Funeral Games by Unpacked Theatre Director: Clare DunnReviewer: Nick HutchinsonI didn’t know what to expect as I had never heard of Unpacked Theatre before but I was not dissapointed, this was a fascinating, funny and lively show. Performed in the Nuffield’s small studio bar, as an audience member having the cast perform so close really [...]

Aladdin by Eric PottsDirector: Kevin ShawChoreographer: Beverley EdmundsReviewer: The Patrick FamilyHelen PatrickThis has to be one of the best traditional pantomimes I have taken my family to see, with no ‘Star’ names to carry the production, credit must be given to the production team in creating a show that is slick, pacey and full of [...]

Imagine ThisBook: Glenn Berenbiem Music: Shuki LevyLyrics: David GoldsmithDirector: Timothy SheaderChoreogpraher: Liam SteelReviewer: Anthony Timmons.“Imagine This” is based on a fascinating idea: – the parallels between the Warsaw Ghetto and the siege of Masada some nineteen hundred years earlier. This is attempted by the stratagem of a play within a play. It is a good [...]