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Archive for August, 2010

Canoeing For Beginners – The Customs House, South Shields

Writer: Mike Yeaman Director: Helen Ferguson Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ They say that the truth is often stranger than fiction, and this certainly applies to the case of former teacher and prison officer John Darwin, who faked his own death in a supposed canoeing accident, off the coast of Hartlepool, in March 2002. The public [...]

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Baby Jesus Freak, Lass O’Gowrie, Manchester

Writer: Ian Winterton Director: Matt Gould Reviewer: Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ ‘Baby Jesus Freak’ is the latest offering by writer Ian Winterton, and opens at the funeral of Matt and Daniel’s mother, where a sermon is being delivered by Pastor John (Ben Rigby). A few too many drinks at the wake steers the sibling’s evenings off [...]

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The Big One – The New Theatre: Sydney, Australia

Writer: Dick Reichman Director: Rosane McNamara Reviewer: David Kary The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ They called it ‘The Big One’. A few minutes after midnight on Good Friday, 24 March 1989, an environmental disaster occurred the consequences of which are still felt today. When a massive Exxon tanker spilled its cargo of crude oil off the coast of Valdez, [...]

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Dolce Via – Lowry Theatre, Salford

Writer:  Siobhan Nicholas Director: John Ramm Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: ½☆☆☆☆ In their younger days The Great Tourrinos toured the land, delivering magic, clowning and mind reading to audiences from Plymouth to Portree. It’s a hard life but tinged with just enough glamour to keep these two, Freddie (Chris Barnes) and his wife Grainne (Siobhan Nicholas) [...]

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