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Book: Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics: Tim Minchin Director: Matthew Warchus Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: From the sight of the first cheeky grin in the midst of the multi-coloured alphabet boxes to the final delightful cartwheel, there is no hiding the joy that comes from watching the RSC’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda which arrives [...]

Writer: Tom Wainwright Reviewer: Sally Cinnamon The Public Reviews Rating: Tom Wainwright has done an interesting thing. He’s been pedestrian in his journey to hell and back, with a fish in tow and what a wickedly, wonderful journey it is – albeit a little sole-less. Laconic, superficial and underwhelming is where we’re at in this one man – [...]

Writer / Performer: Polar Bear Director: Leo Kay Reviewer: Lettie Mckie The Public Reviews Rating: The Studio Theatre at the Roundhouse in Camden is playing host this week to a new piece by Polarbear, one of the most prominent and successful spoken word artists currently on this eclectic and vibrant scene. Old Me is the result of a [...]

Writer: Judith Paris Director: Gillian Lynne Reviewer: Carol Evans The Public Reviews Rating: December 1st is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Madame Tussaud, so it seems fitting that a play about her life should be performed just a few hundred yards down the road from her famous waxworks. In her one-woman show, Waxing Lyrical at [...]

Artistic Director: Mole Wetherell Company Producer: Steve Slater Reviewer: Nicola Harrison The Public Reviews Rating: ‘An object never serves the same function as its image or its name.’ René Magritte (1898-1967) It was with great intrigue and wonder that I entered the auditorium at the West Yorkshire Playhouse to be a part of the re-staging of Schrödinger, [...]

Writer: David Harrower Director: Katie Posner Reviewer: Michael Gray The Public Reviews Rating: The discomfort is the point. We’re in a staff room on some anonymous industrial estate. It’s a tip – as rank and messy as the lives and loves of the two people who seem almost trapped inside it, under the harsh glare of the strip [...]

Music : P.I Tchaikovsky Director & Choreography : David Nixon Musical Director : John Pryce-Jones Reviewer: Iris Beaumont The Public Reviews Rating: You can always tell we are heading into the Christmas season in Manchester; The German Markets are up in Albert Square, posters for Pantomimes are popping up all over the city, and we get an annual [...]

Book/Music /Lyrics: Jim Jacobs Director: David Gilmore Reviewer: Lu Greer The Public Reviews Rating: Grease, which tells the story of high school students Danny and Sandy, their loves, fights and friends is, and has been for many years , a solid classic – and seems to gain popularity all over again with each new generation. The question [...]