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Archive for September, 2010

Chris Dugdale – An Evening of Magic & Mindreading – Riverside Studios, London

Director: Tony Middleton Reviewer: Robert Yates The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Chris Dugdale is an astonishing performer in his brand of theatrical magic. With a mix of drama sequences laced with magic and ‘hard core close-up card magic’ Chris Dugdale will leave you wondering ‘how on earth did he do that?’ all through the show. Chris Dugdale started learning [...]

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Waiting in the Wings – Pentameters Theatre, London

Writer: Noel Coward Director: Aline Waites Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ Set in the lounge of ‘The Wings’ a charity home for retired actresses Noel Coward’s play is a sensitively written, comic piece about its ‘inmates’. Written during Coward’s sixtieth year the play gives centre stage to the ten ladies who reside there and gives them [...]

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FILM: Uncle David – Lowry Theatre

Director: Gary Reich, Mike Nicholls, David Hoyle Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ An out of season and empty caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey is the setting for the Avant-Garde Alliance’s surreal romance/desolate tragedy Uncle David. World weary and exasperated by humanity, Uncle David (David Hoyle)has made a promise to save nephew Ashley (Ashley Ryder) [...]

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Annie – Milton Keynes Theatre

Book “Little Orpan Annie”by: Thomas Meehan Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Martin Charnin Director/Choreographer: Roger Hannah Choreographer: Roger Hannah Reviewer:Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ At Milton Keynes theatre just for this week we have Annie the musical. Starring Su Pollard and David McAlister, this is one of the most successful and enduring musicals of all time. Now it [...]

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Ladies Down Under – Queens Theatre, Hornchurch

Writer: Amanda Whittington Director: Matt Devitt Reviewer: Michael Gray The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Fortified by a bargain bottle of Victoria Bitter, I join the Queen’s crowd for this season’s opening production – the “feel-good, laugh-a-minute chick flick for the stage” that is Ladies Down Under. If you saw Amanda Whittington’s Ladies’ Day, also from the Hull Truck stable, [...]

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