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Sleeping Beauty by David LeeOriginal Music: Andrew RumbleOriginal Lyrics: David LeeDirector: Aiden Bell & Rita ProctorReviewer: John RobertsMagic really has come to New Brighton again but it is not the premier production of Sleeping Beauty that provides it, it is the new fantastic multi-million pound refurbishment to bring this regional theatre into the 21st century [...]

Mikelangelo & Undine FrancescaReview: Honor Bayes‘Prepare to be plunged into a netherworld of dreams and desire as these transcontinental lovebirds weave together a collection of brooding, sensual and darkly humorous songs and stories for your delectation.’ Sitting on bean bags in the BAC’s already bohemian cafe atmosphere, as I bite the head off a ginger [...]

Boys of the Empire by Glenn ChandlerDirector: Patrick WildeReviewer: Edward GamlinChristmas is a time for theatrical junk food – a month of panto and pastiche, of fairy tales and family plays for audiences to gorgethemselves on like tins of Quality Street and tea biscuits. While much of it is mindless fluff, occasionally somebody will slip [...]

Cinderella By Philip DartDirector: Philip DartReview by Helen Hunter & Family Having not seen a pantomime for many years, I’d honestly forgotten just how much fun could be had by all at such an event and this production of ‘Cinderella’ certainly did not disappoint! I was soon roaring with laughter (louder than my niece and [...]

Sunset BoulevardMusic: Andrew Lloyd-WebberBook & Lyrics: Don Black & Christopher HamptonDirector: Craig Revel HorwoodMusical Arranger: Sarah TravisReviewer: Honor BayesComing from a critically acclaimed run at The Watermill Theatre, Craig Revel Horwood’s production of Sunset Boulevard is a pared down offering of a melodramatic classic but is anything but blandly minimalist. Comprising of two fantastic male [...]

Boeing Boeing by Marc CamolettiTranslators: Beverley Cross & Francis EvansDirector: Matthew WarchusReviewer: John Roberts If take offs are anything to go by then this show isn’t the fastest, but once you start flying, and the turbulence hits in, you are guaranteed a riotous evening (if you think that’s enough puns already then I can only [...]

Peter Pan by J.M BarrieAdaptor: Peter Denyer and Fenton Gray Director: Fenton GrayReviewer: Diane HigginsHaving vivid memories of a childhood visit to the Scala Theatre in London to see J.M. Barrie’s ‘play’ Peter Pan, it was with mixed feelings that I arrived at Richmond Theatre to see the 2008 ‘Panto’ production of the same name. [...]

Mother Goose by Sarah Nixon & Mark ChattertonDirector: Mark ChattertonReviewer: Stephanie RoweThe Everyman have done it again! Each year the Christmas panto just gets better and better and that can be only down to the fact that this is a creative team that work well together and all have the same end goal of a [...]