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Writer: Charles Ross Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Charles Ross has written and performs in this one man show, giving his own tongue in cheek depiction of the Star Wars Trilogy. The first half hour of the show was given by a stand-up comedian, Danny Pensive. A Sunderland (NOT Geordie!) chap with a real laugh out [...]

Director: Jason Moore Music and Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Whitty Reviewer: Lucy Thackray The Public Reviews Rating: On seeing this unique musical for the third time, and away from the West End, I was concerned that a regional audience might not ‘get’ the genius of Sesame Street-style puppetry combined with racism and porn-themed songs. [...]

Artistic Director: William Glassman Choreography: Christopher Hampson, Christopher Gable, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Phillip Aiden, Helgi Tomasson, Kenrick Sandy, Nellie Happee, Christopher Bruce, Christopher Marney Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: Ballet Central is the touring company of Central School of Ballet. Each year they take final year students out on the road and give them a taste [...]

Writer: Thornton Wilder Director: Nadine Beasley Reviewer: Angela Wilson The Public Reviews Rating: This week’s production at the Little Theatre is a special one – it’s Leicester Drama Society’s 1000th in a long and distinguished history stretching back to 1922 (and in case you were wondering, the very first was The Silver Box by John Galsworthy). So is [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Book/Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bob Thomson & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Matthew Nichols The Public Reviews Rating: Now that he’s a mainstay of Saturday night TV talent shows, and become an eccentric old uncle to the nation, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the brilliance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s back catalogue. True, it’s been 18 years since [...]

Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: Stephen K Amos really is quite something. I suppose his show could be summed up in the moment when this hard-faced soft shelled gay black comedian got an eighteen year old Salford laddy lad out with his three mates to move up and down in his seat whilst Amos positioned his [...]

Great theatre can make us experience the whole gamut of emotions, but this week we turn our attention to plays that primarily make us laugh. Onstage comedies can take on a range of forms, from slapstick farce to light romantic comedy to biting satire. Our hot picks for this week incorporate elements from all of [...]

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Albert Lee has a reputation as a fast and fiery rock guitar player. Yet his set list includes no guitar anthems and instead concentrates on showcasing the work of artists like Leo Kottke who are not as well known as they deserve. Even when the songs of more established performers are featured the hits [...]