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by Lucy Thackray Eva Cassidy is best known as the voice that tingled a million spines when Terry Wogan played her acoustic version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow on his radio show in 2000, and as the soundtrack to countless weddings and funerals – yet few people know much about the woman behind the voice. [...]

Founded in 2011 by Ali Kemp and Deborah Klayman, Whoop ‘n’ Wail Theatre Company have had a very busy year so far! Their debut production, eXclusion, will have its premiere at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and in addition to co-writing and producing the play the pair have managed to find the time to squeeze [...]

Writer: Jim Foggin Director: Dan Meigh Reviewer: Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: Alice in Wonderland, perhaps Lewis Carroll’s best loved story, is a fantastical adventure which follows Alice through a rabbit hole into an underground, topsy-turvy world of white rabbits, bonkers queens and disappearing cats. It’s a story which has been adapted many times with varying degrees [...]

Writer: Luke Meredith, Elliot Mason and David Somerset Barnes Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: Edinburgh Fringe hit show Hairy Pretty Things – as seen at The Lowry – was lacking one major thing: an audience. The Lowry Studio was no more than a quarter full, which is a shame because Hairy Pretty Things is a pretty [...]

Writer: John Patrick Shanley Director: Josh Seymour Reviewer: Joanna Forest The Public Reviews Rating: In the programme Rock’n'Roll Theatre announce that it…. ‘strives to create very real, highly imaginative and edge of your seat theatre that not only engages it’s audience but also resonates with them on an emotional level’: I was excited to see whether I would [...]

With phone-hacking, famine and shootings making the headlines, it can sometimes feel like the world is filled with nothing but doom and gloom. But as grim as things may seem, a night of fun at the theatre can provide a brief respite from the harsh light of reality and act as a reminder of all [...]

Reviewer: Jemma Bicknell The Public Reviews Rating: Thursday Arriving early(ish) on Thursday in grey drizzle to attempt putting up an unnecessarily large tent, team TPR floundered about with the help of a charming steward wearing odd wellies. Happily, the tent went up fairly painlessly, which enabled us to begin pacing about impatiently and marvelling at/worrying about the noise [...]