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Book/Music/Lyrics: Eric Idle Music: John Du Prez Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is the award-winning Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Idle and an entirely new score created by Eric Idle and John Du Prez. After [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Edward Hall Reviewer: Catherine Love The Public Reviews Rating: Arguably the greatest play about war in the English language deserves a strong production, and few companies bring strength and vigour to the Shakespearean stage in quite the same way as Propeller, Edward Hall’s all-male theatre company. Updating this history to a recognisable yet unspecified [...]

 Writer: JB Priestley Director: Stephen Daldry Reviewer: Catherine Love The Public Reviews Rating: The camps of ‘us’ and ‘them’ are old ones, but designations that persist nonetheless, a pertinent observation for this latest airing of a play first written over sixty years ago. As society is once more sharply divided between the haves and have nots, Stephen Daldry’s [...]

Writer: Charles Dickens Director: Patrick Garland Reviewer: Jenni Dixon The Public Reviews Rating: This production is a pairing of two Charles Dickens Christmas stories. The first is a story of Mr Chops, a story narrated by Toby Magsman, a bearded showman. Mr Chops is a dwarf who wins the lottery and is then accepted into “society”. The second [...]

In an atmosphere of recession, there might not be much to be cheerful about at the moment, but a night at the theatre can be the perfect remedy for all the doom and gloom. Put a smile on your face with this week’s funny, uplifting and in some cases downright silly top picks. Chosen by [...]

Writer: Mike Bartlett Director: Rupert Goold Tour Director: Caroline Steinbeis Reviewer: Hannah Williams Walton The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Earthquakes in London’ a Headlong production part of the National Theatre on Tour appears to have all the right elements to provide a good night at the theatre; however it greatly exceeds all expectations. The piece follows three sisters attempting [...]

Writer: Peter Quilter Director: Terry Johnson Reviewer: Stephanie Walls The Public Reviews Rating: I have to be honest – It’s difficult to sit down and write about a show that has already received so many wonderful reviews and star ratings. End of the Rainbow as a production has gained an almost legendary reputation just like the tragic star [...]

Book: Jeff Whitty Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx Director: Jason Moore Reviewer: Howard Holdsworth The Public Reviews Rating: There are just a few occasions in life when you are so surprised by an experience that you cannot think of why you had not taken the opportunity to experience it earlier. The masterpiece that is Avenue Q certainly [...]