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Writer: Wynyard Browne Director: Michael Lunney Reviewer: Linda Barker The Public Reviews Rating: It’s Christmas Eve, 1947, in a cosy Norfolk vicarage. The preparations are in full-flow, with holly and mistletoe being hung, the Christmas tree standing proudly in the corner and greetings cards adorning the mantelpiece. Carols are playing on the wireless, the goose is in the [...]

Writer: Agatha Christie Director : Joe Harmston Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: In 1921 a publishing phenomenon began with the publication of ‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’, a sophisticated murder mystery with a protagonist by the name of Hercule Poirot. It was the first of more than 60 crime novels by Agatha Christie, and heralded the [...]

Writer: Lee Hall Director: Max Roberts Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Pitmen Painters’ had its first performance at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 20th September 2007. It opened in the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre on 21st May 2008 and at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway on 14th September 2010, and is now touring [...]

Writer: Philip Meeks Producer/Director: Bruce James Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: The publicity material promises that ‘I Met A Man Who Wasn’t There’ will be ‘a chilling contemporary supernatural thriller in which two compelling characters engage in a battle of wits’. The synopsis sounded intriguing: Edgar Ryme was once a famous psychic with an ardent flock [...]

He may forever be remembered, in soap history, as rotten-to-the-core Richard Hillman, the ‘Coronation Street’ killer, but actor Brian Capron has a long and varied career to his credit. He talks to STEVE BURBRIDGE about his latest role as a sinister spiritualist in the contemporary supernatural thriller, ‘I Met A Man Who Wasn’t There’. Brian [...]

Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Sarah Esdaile Reviewer: Steve Burbridge The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Lady in the Van’ tells the true-ish story of a bag lady who drove her battered old Bedford van into the garden of playwright Alan Bennett with the intention of parking there for three months, but who ended up staying for fifteen years. It’s [...]

With her cut-glass accent, impressive list of credits and ‘English rose’ qualities, Liza Goddard is showbiz royalty. Ahead of arriving in the North East to headline the cast of ‘Communicating Doors’, she took time out to chat to STEVE BURBRIDGE. ‘I’ve never played at Durham,’ says Liza Goddard, excitedly. ‘I’ve played at Newcastle Theatre Royal [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black Director: Tamara Harvey Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: In taking on the role of Laura in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black musical collaboration, ‘Tell Me On A Sunday’, Claire Sweeney follows in the footsteps of some big names including Marti Webb, Sarah Brightman, Lulu, Denise Van Outen, [...]