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Writer : Jonathan Harvey Director : Hettie Macdonald Reviewer : Steve Turner The Public Reviews Rating: Taking its title from the Peter Tatchell quote “ We’re the litmus test of whether a society respects human rights. We’re the canaries in the mine”, Jonathan Harvey gives us a marvelously ambitious two hour history trip through 50 years of male [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: The second play in this year’s season at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park is Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors An early farce featuring two sets of identical twins separated at birth, they end up in the same town and several cases of mistaken [...]

Writer: Perry Henzell Director: Kerry Michael & Dawn Reid Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: Sizzling, sexy and stylish this exuberant musical will cast its spell on you and leave you dancing in the aisles! The Harder They Come, named after the eponymous song, is set in Jamaica in the early 1970s and tells the story of [...]

Writer: Roald Dhal Adaptor: David Wood Director: Phil Clark Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: The Birmingham Stage Company has produced more stories by Roald Dahl than any other theatre company in the world. The secret of their success seems to be the extent to which they can secure the participation, and so the interest, of their [...]

Director/Choreographer: Mitch Sebastian Reviewer: James Higgins The Public Reviews Rating: Unfortunately the original ‘Rat Pack’ are long gone and all that remains from that bygone era are happy memories and recordings of the some of the best entertainers the world has ever seen. This successful long running production that has graced the West End for the last few [...]

Writer: Robert Tressell Adaptor: Howard Brenton Director: Christopher Morahan Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: “ ‘Ere we ‘ave another election scene. In the middle of the road we see a man lying on the ground, covered with blood, with a lot of Liberal and Tory working men kickin’ ‘im, jumpin’ on ‘im, and stampin’ on his [...]

Writer: Linda A Carson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard, & Deborah Williams Director: Andrew Lynford Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Robert C Kelly Ltd have presented “Mum’s the Word” to the stages of the UK since 2002. The man himself has 30 years experience producing plays, musicals, concerts and pantomimes, with a CV [...]

Book: Philip Norman Music: Neil Sedaka Director: Keith Strachan & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: Nearly three years ago at a Neil Sedaka concert he shared with us the ‘hot off the press’ news that he had just agreed to a musical based on his life and times. So this trip to the Mayflower [...]