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Jan 7th, 2011

Madam Butterfly (or Bangkok Butterfly) – King’s Head Theatre, London

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Composer: Giacomo Puccini Libretto: Adam Spreadbury-Maher & Ben Cooper Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: Puccini’s Madam Butterfly is the latest to get OperaUpClose’s pub treatment and it by and large survives it. In Adam Spreadbury-Maher’s production the action is transported to modern Bangkok, from Puccini’s original Japan, and the geisha Madam Butterfly [...]

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Jan 6th, 2011

ForeverTwentySeven – The Lowry Theatre, Salford

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Writer: Mike Lee Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: ForeverTwentySeven is more a collection of backstage snapshots than a conventional story, centring on Maria, the lead actress in a play that was cancelled before it’s first performance when a member of the cast died in suspicious circumstances. From the very beginning, we realise certain parallels between the [...]

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Jan 5th, 2011

Moscow City Ballet: Swan lake – Chichester Festival Theatre

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Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Director: Natalia Ryzhenko & Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Choreographer: Lev Ivanov, Marius Petipa, Agrippina Vaganova, Yuri Grigorovich, Natalia Ryzhenko, Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Gina Skillings The Public Reviews Rating: The Moscow City Ballet was founded in 1988 by distinguished Russian choreographer Victor Smirnov-Golovanov. The company is the outcome of the recent reforms in post-Soviet Russia. It is [...]

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Jan 3rd, 2011

What’s Hot – 3rd January 2011

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Christmas may be behind us but there are plenty of pantos still doing their cross-dressing, audience-participation thing. If you don’t think your hangover can take it, try the new version of Madam Butterfly at the King’s Head theatre, London – or a charming children’s story in Birmingham. Happy New Year and may 2011 bring you [...]

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