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Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Director: Joe Harmston Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Although the premise of the play is not exactly unprecedented, there is always great scope for comedy in two characters swapping bodies! A popular theme for Ayckbourn plays (Body Language and The Jollies cover similar ground), If I Were You centres around the unhappy Rodale [...]

Writer: James Graham Director: Kate Wasserberg. Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Played by a rotating cast and made up of the main character’s recollections, which are performed in an order determined on the night, The Man promised to be an exciting and engaging piece of interactive theatre. Written and (on this night) performed by Finborough Playwright-in-Residence [...]

Creators: Alexander Dervriendt, Joeri Smet, Sophie De Somere, Aurelie Lannoy, Nicolaas Leten Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Ontroerend Goed – a Belgian based theatre performance group specialise in personal one to one theatrical experiences, and Internal requires 5 individual audience/participants per 25 minute show. Each participant needs to be open and honest about who they are, [...]

Writer: Peggy Shaw & Suzy Wilson Music: Paul Clark Director: Suzy Wilson Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Must: the inside story is a joint collaboration between physical theatre company Clod Ensemble and Queer Theatre legend and artistic director of New York’s Split Britches Theatre Company Peggy Shaw. Must is brought to the Library Theatre as part [...]

Writer: Eric Chappell Directors: Tom Conti & Tom Kinninmont Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: A new play from BAFTA-winning comedy writer Eric Chappell, Wife After Death promised to be a night to remember and did not disappoint. Probably most famous for having written ‘Rising Damp’, it is no surprise that Chappell’s latest offering has all the [...]

Writer: Samuel Beckett Director: Judy Hegarty Lovett Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: Molloy tells the story of an old decrepit tramp on an epic bicycle journey to find his mother. The journey becomes complicated and takes on a rather desperate air as first he is arrested for “indecently resting”, then, on release from the police station, [...]

Music: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman Book: Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Director: Jack O’Brien Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: The phenomenon that is Hairspray has hit the Mayflower and already the three week run is very close to a sell out. Based on the 1988 John Waters film, this musical version then [...]

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, [...]