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Writer :Akiel ‘ Scorcha’ Chinelo Music: Anwen ‘Cello’ Lewis Director: Gerry Potter Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Spoken word and poetry shows are hard to assess. Concentrate too hard on a particular phrase and you lose the thread of the whole piece. This problem is avoided in Doin’ Moon as the show is a multi-layered and [...]

Choreography: Mark Bruce Reviewer: Richard Hall The Public Reviews Rating: Mark Bruce, who has enjoyed a long association with the Royal Exchange Theatre as a Choreographer and Movement Director, brings his own Company to the RET’s studio with a bold, passionate and provocative new piece of work, LOVE & WAR. Renowned for the quality of its work and [...]

Writer: Tony Furlong & Jimmy Power Director: Sylvie Gatrill Reviewer: Helen Patrick The Public Reviews Rating: It is Christmas Eve and cab driver (Louis Emerick) is driving his cab around Liverpool looking for the next punter who will come along to help fill his almost empty wallet. It’s snowing and he is bored. He really needs some punters [...]

Writer: Ian Flemming Adaptor: Jeremy Sams Director – Adrian Noble Reviewer: Iris Beaumont The Public Reviews Rating: Whether you are young or old, it seems everybody knows the story or has at least heard of the magical flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A car so fantasmagorical that it can take you anywhere without the worry of the [...]

Writer: Hans Christian Andersen Adaptor/Director: Teresa Ludovico Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, this exquisite production features one of Italy’s leading theatre companies, Teatro Kismet. Originally created by Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo, it now is touring the UK in association with Warwick Arts Centre. The story is told [...]

Music: Sergey Prokofiev Director: David Bintley CBE Choreography: Kenneth MacMiIllan Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: I’m sure enough people are sufficiently familiar with the tale of the star-crossed lovers across the socio-political divide whose simple desire to be together is thwarted at every turn for me not to need to recount the story of Romeo and [...]