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Writer: James Jowett, Adam Davies Director: Peter Carruthers Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating:   Blackhand Productions’ Adam Davies and James Jowett present their first comedy sketch show, ‘Slaughterhouse, Comedy to Die For’ downstairs at Joshua Brooks, Manchester. After great success at the King’s Arms, Salford, with BoJazz Comedy Sketch Show, Davies and Jowett have developed a [...]

Writer: Michael Ashton Director: Adrian McDougall Reviewer: Theo Cowan The Public Reviews Rating:   Michael Ashton’s The Beekeeper explores the unusual relationship built between Monowitz prisoner Menachem Stressler (Eliot Giuralarocca) and Commandant Richard Baer (Robert Harding). Protagonist Stressler is Monowitz’s allocated beekeeper, supplying honey for the Nazi officers. Seen by his peers as a collaborator, he is [...]

Writer/ Producer: Ade Solanke Director: Ola Animashawun Reviewer: Louise Thompson The Public Reviews Rating:   I have approximately 500 words in which I can review this play and all I want to write is ‘absolutely brilliant’ 250 times. However, I will give a little bit more information and tell you why I think this deserves a five [...]

Writer: David Greig Director: Wils Wilson Reviewer: Lu Greer The Public Reviews Rating:   The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is very much a show of two parts – with the show before the interval being the story of Prudencia, a young woman from Edinburgh, who on one fateful night ventures out of a slightly mad country [...]

Writers: Brian Mitchell and Joseph Nixon Director: Brian Mitchell Reviewer: Selwyn Knight The Public Reviews Rating: The Foundry Group describes itself as a band of writers and performers committed to producing affordable, popular, intelligent touring shows with a broad appeal. This is certainly the case with this offering, which premiered at the 2011 Brighton Fringe where it deservedly [...]

Writer: Philip Ridley Director: David Mercatali Reviewer: Karen McCandless The Public Reviews Rating: Violent, full of very strong language and a bit trippy, Tender Napalm is not a play that will appeal to everyone. Phillip Ridley’s critically acclaimed new work pushed the boundaries of the theatre world and was one of the most controversial pieces that has ever [...]

Writer: Charles Dyer Director: Gene David Kirk Reviewer: Sheila Cornelius The Public Reviews Rating: Jermyn Street Theatre’s production of a rarely performed, fascinating sixties tragedy is a real treat for theatre-goers and was warmly applauded by an enthusiastic audience. Adam’s elderly mother is the last survivor of a missionary family whose members met various gruesome ends in outposts [...]

Writer: Dennis Kelly Director: Anthony Banks Reviewer: Shane Morgan The Public Reviews Rating: Writer Dennis Kelly struck gold when he wrote Deoxyribonucleic Acid for the National Theatre’s 2007 Connections Festival. It received its professional debut at the National, rapidly became the play of choice for young actors and landed on the school syllabus as a set text. [...]