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Writer: Dario Fo Director: Neil Sheppeck Reviewer: Alexei Edwards The Public Reviews Rating: Upon receiving the Nobel Prize for literature in 1997, the committee said of Dario Fo that, as a writer, he ‘emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden.’ A quote that I feel perfectly captures his [...]

Writer: Rob Hayes Director: Ned Bennett Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: The Cock Tavern Theatre in Kilburn is getting a bit of a reputation for gore. Barely a moment went by during the recent Edward Bond season without someone being murdered on stage. And there is a touch of the Edward Bond to this new play [...]

Writer: Colleen Murphy Director: Anna Morrissey Reviewer: Toni Stott-Rates The Public Reviews Rating: “You poor aching human beings” – Lola Leona and Danny’s young daughter Amelia died in a car crash the only thing Leona has allowed herself to keep of Amelia’s is a balloon that Amelia blew up just before her death. Cradling this balloon as [...]

Music and Libretto: W.S Gilbert and A.S Sullivan Director: Sasha Regan Reviewer: Sarah Nutland The Public Reviews Rating: Sasha Regan’s all male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s quirky comic opera Iolanthe has transferred to Wilton’s Music Hall. Iolanthe has been exiled from the fairy community for marrying a mortal, the Lord Chancellor. Her son Strephon loves Phyllis, a [...]

Writer: Adam Long, Jess Winfield and Daniel Singer Director: Henry Filloux-Bennett Reviewer: Jemma Bicknell The Public Reviews Rating: The complete works of Shakespeare (abridged) has been an incredibly popular show since its inception at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1987, playing for nine years at the Criterion Theatre. The beauty of this show is that while a lot [...]

Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics and Book: Charles Hart Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: The Kissing-Dance is a Howard Goodall musical with lyrics and book by Charles Hart which is based on the 18th Century Oliver Goldsmith classic comedy She Stoops To Conquer. Set over one long night in Nonesuch, somewhere in the English [...]

Writer: Dylan Thomas Composer/Director: Tom Neill Reviewer: Johnny Fox The Public Reviews Rating: In the week they buried Elizabeth Taylor it seems appropriate to revisit Under Milk Wood, in which she appeared briefly as Rosie Probert at the height of her partnership with Richard Burton in the 1971 Technicolor version. Even though playing a bit-part, Taylor was famously [...]

Writer: Neil Fleming Director: Geoff Church Reviewer Lexie Morris The Public Reviews Rating: Having eventually located the Theatre503 in the depths of Battersea, we settled down into the small auditorium for the splendid performance. The Theatre503, located above the Latchmere pub on Battersea Park Road, is the smallest theatre to have been honoured with a Lawrence Olivier Award [...]