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Writer: Tim Firth Director: Jack Ryder Reviewer: Lauren Rare The Public Reviews Rating: The curtain rose to the familiar strains of Jerusalem, a recurring musical motif, being sung as the six core members of the Women’s Institute walked on and the play began. They had interestingly chosen to forgo the use of microphones due to the intimate [...]

Writer: Eleanor Bergstein Director: Sarah Tipple Choreographer: Kate Champion Reviewer: Richard Loftus The Public Reviews Rating: Audiences looking for the time of their lives will not be disappointed by the staging of classic love story Dirty Dancing. The iconic songs and sensual moves of the hit Patrick Swayze movie are all brought to life in this fast-paced and [...]

Jonathan Williams is the current alternate Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, a show that gave him his West End break while still at the Palace. He is set to play Jesus in the 40th anniversary concert of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell in October. Lucy Thackray caught up with him about the show [...]

Written: Molly Davis Directed:Lawrence Crawford Reviewer: Adrian Twist The Public Reviews Rating: A group of teens with ambitions above their skill set are looking to shoot a film for a class drama project. They struggle to develop a plot for their project until class reject Alice (Sophie MacDonald) tells them a story of a young witch that lived [...]

Produced by: Norwich Puppet Theatre Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: Based on the fairytales of Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack the Giant Killer, this short and interactive performance by Norwich Puppet Theatre has much to recommend it but is, overall, a little hit and miss. Telling Jack’s story from the perspective of the Giants, the [...]

Director: Gary Reich, Mike Nicholls, David Hoyle Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: An out of season and empty caravan park on the Isle of Sheppey is the setting for the Avant-Garde Alliance’s surreal romance/desolate tragedy Uncle David. World weary and exasperated by humanity, Uncle David (David Hoyle)has made a promise to save nephew Ashley (Ashley Ryder) [...]

Nic Rawling is clearly a very passionate man, he oozes enthusiasm and excitement as he talks openly about his work with The Paper Cinema which originally came out of the music scene in Bournemouth. The Paper Cinema are currently performing their 2008 Edinburgh Fringe hit production of The Night Flyer at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, [...]