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Sue Devaney has had an extensive career across theatre and television, and has a broad CV. Coronation Street fans will remember her as Debbie Webster, while to an entire generation of fans she is Rita Briggs, from Children’s BBC’s hit series, Johnny Briggs. Other television roles include Heartbeat, a three year stint on Casualty, as [...]

Are you stuck for ideas this half-term in Leicester? Need some entertainment for the kids? Look no further than the Cultural Quarter this month and join Curve for a spectacular Sparks Festival line-up. The annual children’s festival sees the city fill with performances and visual arts for children through May and June. Public Reviews Contributor, [...]

Making his debut performance at Leicester’s newest theatre venue – County-born Martin Lawrence will be bringing his artistic flare to Curve’s stage with Richard Alston’s Dance Company productions this month. Martin speaks to Jemma Crowston Retired dancer and now the companies Rehearsal Director, Lawrence is excited about seeing Overdrive, Shuffle it Right and To Dance [...]

I’m meeting David Gale outside the red post box by Costa Coffee in the middle of Waterloo Station. The station is my choice but the meeting place his – “Let’s meet by the red pillar box outside Costa’s” he says somewhat conspiratorially “I’ll be the one wearing the long blue overcoat”. Whilst this could be [...]

Along their 10th anniversary tour, Third Angel will be stopping at Leicester’s Curve to bring us Class of 76’. The Public Reviews contributor, Jemma Crowston, caught up with theatre director and star of the show – Alexander Kelly. The Sheffield-based touring company Third Angel last appeared at Curve with Presumption in 2009 and now they [...]

Well today is a special landmark in The Public Reviews life. It is our 3rd birthday! Three years ago, I had an idea! I wanted to see the face of theatre criticism changed, I wanted to give a voice to the ordinary theatre going public a platform to share their opinions and thoughts on theatre, [...]

Becky Middleton shares her experiences of her first visit to The Globe Theatre

Edward Peel is instantly a face you recognise having been in the industry for over 40 years. He has been a regular in our living rooms for the past thirty years playing roles in programs such as Emmerdale, London’s Burning and Dr Who in which he won the title of Best Villian in the 24th [...]