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Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman Book: Mary Hayley Bell Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Sarah Lyth The Public Reviews Rating: Whistle down the Wind opens with a rather twee set of events that establish the scene in the Bible belt of America…fundamental in belief, archaic in social values and really rather cheesy in this 21st Century era of [...]

Writer: David Simpatico Adapted for Stage by: Peter Barsocchini Director: Jeff Calhoun Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: Anyone with younger children in the house will no doubt be very familiar with the whole High School Musical Trilogy, the younger persons Grease. The story of young teenagers meeting by chance, falling in love and then low and [...]

Writer: Lorraine Hansberry Director: Michael Buffong Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: A family is often the most fragile thing a person can belong too, and all too often we come across bitterness and tragedy and the always hopeful dream that can tear a family away from its roots of security and uplift them to unfounded territory, [...]

Author: Susan Hill Adaptor: Stephen Mallatratt Director: Robin Herford Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: The Woman in Black is purely and simply a ghost story. There are no undertones. There are no morals. The aim is only to scare, frighten and startle. The late Stephen Mallatratt’s acclaimed adaptation of the original novel by Susan Hill restricts [...]

Writer: Frances Durbridge Director: Ian Dickens Reviewer: Susan Locke The Public Reviews Rating: Fatal Encounter is a classic Durbridge thriller that aims to keep the audience guessing as it twists and turns through a plot that nets a fair few red herrings. The action of the play takes place in the living room of Howard Mansfield’s large Holland [...]