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Devised by: Will Adamsdale, Neil Haigh, Matthew Steer, John Wright Directors: John Wright Reviewer: Ian Winterton The Public Reviews Rating: Setting out its stall with a fantastic recreation of a drunken car journey using only four chairs, clinking bottles of beer and a map ripped away by the wind, The Summer House is an endlessly inventive 90 minutes. [...]

Writer: Johann Strauss Director: John Copley Conductor: Thomas Rosner Reviewer: Emily Pearce The Public Reviews Rating: Having seen a very alternative take on Die Fledermaus at the Wales Millennium Centre only the night before, it was with some trepidation that I went for my second night of ‘The Waltz King’s’ most famous operetta. The combination of top-class French [...]

Writer: Michael Wicherek Director: Iqbal Khan Reviewer: Angela Wilson The Public Reviews Rating: Time For The Good Looking Boy is the third play in Box Clever theatre company’s Urban Mischief series. Now on a second national tour, in association with Salisbury Playhouse, it is described as an urban ghost story. But there’s certainly no trace of the traditional [...]

Writer: Adam Long, Jess Winfield and Daniel Singer Director: Henry Filloux-Bennett Reviewer: Jemma Bicknell The Public Reviews Rating: The complete works of Shakespeare (abridged) has been an incredibly popular show since its inception at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1987, playing for nine years at the Criterion Theatre. The beauty of this show is that while a lot [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Michael Grandage Reviewer: Marco Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s finest tragedies and, I have to admit, one of my favourite plays, ever since I studied it for A-Level. It is one that I adore reading, dissecting and discussing, and indeed have had several heated arguments with friends [...]

Writer: Michelle Magorian Adaptor: David Wood Director: Angus Jackson Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: According to the programme notes, ‘The Children’s Touring Partnership was established after a number of regional theatres and theatre producer, Fiery Angel, met in January 2010 with the Theatrical Management Association to discuss some of the key issues facing children’s theatre’. The [...]

Writer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Director: Theresa Heskins Reviewer: Lorna Andrewes The Public Reviews Rating: There has been such a falling-off of repertory theatre in the last few decades, so it’s refreshing to see a resurgance at The New Vic. Repertory was something once taken for granted; set plays for O and A-Level could always be found performed live [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Written originally as a 15 minute school cantata for Tim Rice’s child’s school, It would be hard not to applaud how successful it has become over the past twenty years , with many well known names having adorned the coat of [...]