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Writers: Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson, Sarah Louise Young, Issy Van Randwyck, Marilyn Cutts, Richard Link and Russell Churney Director: Spencer Solomon Reviewer: Leon Paul The Public Reviews Rating: After nearly thirty years on the road, Dillie Keane & Adele Anderson have accepted a new member of Fascinating Aida into the fold. Apparently halving the average age on stage [...]

Reviewer: Carrie Carter The Public Reviews Rating: The moment you enter the Roundhouse for this limited Christmas season of La Soiree, it is clear that something incredible is about to happen. Dapper ushers in top hats and waistcoats point you to the bars, and girls in sparkly dresses show you towards your seats, making one thing immediately known: [...]

Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: Paul Daniels TV career as a magician and entertainer may have waned from its height in the 70s and 80s but he is now back where he and all conjurers belong, on the live stage. He shares the first half of this two hour show with his son, Martin Daniels, [...]

Writer: Sheridan Morley Director: Thom Southerland Reviewer: JohnnyFox The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Noel and Gertie’ is a confection wherein the music, lyrics and play extracts of Noel Coward are used to illustrate the close friendship between the vastly talented author and his intermittent co-star but lifelong friend Gertrude Lawrence. In their stage heyday, they were as photographed, gossiped [...]

Writer: John van der Put Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: John van der Put, the current Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year has created a character in Piff the Magic Dragon that appeals to both children and adults alike, but be warned Piff does not do children’s’ parties! All the advertising for this ‘PIFF-TACULAR [...]

Producer: Carol Gandey Director: Phillip Gandey Reviewer: Johnny Fox The Public Reviews Rating: The noble tradition of the transsexual ‘katoey’ features in Thai culture, art and literature and stretches back centuries. The parading of transexuals in a circus tent is an exploitative Western phenomenon in the ‘freak show’ tradition and stretches credulity that it persists in the 21st [...]

Director: Tim McArthur Reviewer: Johnny Fox The Public Reviews Rating: Lorenz Hart’s death aged 48 deprived Richard Rodgers of what many musical theatre aficionadoes think was his finest collaborating lyricist. In their twenty year partnership, they created 26 musicals based on a solid belief in the integration of libretto, lyrics and music . This makes it harder to [...]

Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: The Slippery Belle’s Burlesque! shows run in Leeds, Manchester and Huddersfield every month, presenting a changing cast of singers, dancers, magicians and acrobats. Tonight the naughtiness comes to an unrecognisable Quays Theatre transformed into a hazy cabaret bar. With the mysterious absence of the billed compere, ‘lesbian vampire queen, Rosie Lugosi’, [...]