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Writer: Willy Russell Director: Bob Tomson & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Sarah Lyth The Public Reviews Rating: Ah Blood Brothers – the one with the two separated brothers, two communities, longing to be friends in spite of everything. It’ll make you cry….a synopsis of common responses to the play that’s become a classic in our time. And those responses [...]

Music: Gaetano Donizetti Libretto: Felice Romani Translation: Paul Daniels Director: Mike Figgis Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: Mike Figgis, who directed the film Leaving Las Vegas, has turned to opera.. With mixed results. Donizetti’s, Lucrezia Borgia has everything a director could wish for: rape, murder, incest and tragedy. It’s a gift, in short, and an over-excited Figgis [...]

Original Cossette Rebecca Caine talks to Lucy Thackray about floated notes, leading men and the endangered soprano. Firstly, on Twitter you are a delightful dry wit in a sea of theatrical ego. Does it really bother you to still be thought of in terms of the Les Misérables original cast? Oh no, I’m very proud [...]

Music: Tom Snow Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Director & Choreographer: Karen Bruce Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: Fantastic, a touring production that matches its previous West End incarnation, and is still thrilling a rapturous audience with song and above all superbly staged dance. Footloose began life as a 1984 film before being adapted for the stage by [...]

Writer: Vivieene Franzmann Director: Matthew Dunster Reviewer: Richard Hall The Public Reviews Rating: At first glance you might think that the subject of this new play is Somalia’s war torn Capital City but the setting is actually a rundown Secondary School in London. Mogadishu, so the writer explains in a programme note has been chosen as the title [...]

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: For all the benefits of observational comedy it can be a lazy way of getting laughs through audience recognition of shared experiences. Milton Jones is something of a throwback – writing and telling jokes with punchlines albeit somewhat surreal ones. His new show ‘ Lion Whisperer’ opens slowly. Jones enters in the role of [...]