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Archive for the 'Amateur' Category

The Full Monty – Theatre Royal Brighton

Music and Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Terrance McNally Director: Michael Burnie Reviewer: David Griffiths The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Based on the motion picture released by Fox Searchlight Productions. Written by Simon Beaufoy, originally produced by Uberto Pasolini and originally directed by Peter Cattaneo. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music [...]

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A Streetcar Named Desire – Oxford Playhouse

Writer: Tennessee Williams Director: Anna Hextall Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ An Oxford University student production at Oxford Playhouse – a theatre with a capacity of 600? Really? Could they pull it off? Would it look amateurish and clunky? Would we all sit there slightly embarrassed hoping to be put out of our misery? Well the [...]

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Spring Awakening – The People’s Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne

Book & Lyrics: Steven Sater Based on the play by: Frank Wedekind Director: Ben Hunt Reviewers: Steve Burbridge The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ ‘Spring Awakening’ is a vibrant and poignant story, set in the late nineteenth century, about a brilliant young student, Melchior (Dylan Stafford), his troubled friend Moritz (Thomas Whalley), and Wendla (Bethany Walker), a beautiful teenage girl [...]

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The Wiz – Milton Keynes Theatre

Writer: William Brown Music/Lyrics:Charles M Smalls Directors:Matthew Chandler & Eddie Dredge Reviewer:Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ Wizzo!- The Wiz is here and at Milton Keynes theatre for the week! This is a brand-spanking new multi-cultural production of a Broadway musical which has been incredibly successful, winning no less than 7 Tony Awards. The film that followed, starring [...]

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Guys and Dolls – Palace Theatre, Manchester

Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Artistic Director: David McNeill Musical Director: Simon Hanson Choreographer: Geoff Steers Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Stage Experience have auditioned and cast one hundred young people between the ages of ten and twenty one, then given them ten days to rehearse before appearing before the [...]

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Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi – Floral Pavilion, New Brighton

Writer: Phil Willmott Director: Sharon Henderson Reviewer: Jacqui Senaun The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ This show was first seen on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse, two years ago and was a big hit with the people of Liverpool and its surrounding area, so I was intrigued to see how the West Kirby Light Opera Society performed this show, [...]

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