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 Writer: Mark Catley Director: Nikolai Foster Designer: Michael Taylor Magic Consultant: Scott Penrose Music: Grant Olding Reviewer: S. E. Webster The Public Reviews Rating: World-premiering at West Yorkshire Playhouse this summer is the latest wave of Sherlock Holmes revival, taking the form of a new and exciting production written by Mark Catley. The script and style of production [...]

Writer: Roald Dahl Adaptor: David Wood Director: Nikolai Foster Reviewer: Phoebe Patrick age 11 The Public Reviews Rating: Roald Dahl has always been one of my favourite writers; however I have never read James and the Giant Peach, so didn’t really know what to expect from this production. The production is very lively and uses a group of Actor/Musicians to [...]

Writer: David Wood Adapted from the book by Roald Dahl Director: Nikolai Foster Reviewer: Mark Clegg The Public Reviews Rating: Over two decades after his death, Roald Dahl still proves to be the go-to author for engaging an audience whether it is in a cinema, theatre or curled up in bed with a book. His fables still resonate [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Music & lyrics: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: Award-winning play conquers the nation, the West End and Broadway, then returns with a new cast. Can it possibly live up to the hype? This is what theatre-goers at The Lowry will be deciding over the next 10 days as [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Music: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Glen Pearce The Public Reviews Rating:   As theatre up and down the country ring to the sound of Pantomime, it is perhaps appropriate that audiences are also reveling in an updated commedia dell’arte, the forerunner of pantomime. Not that those enjoying One Man, Two Guvnors would probably realise [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Director: Adam Penford Reviewer: Angela Wilson The Public Reviews Rating: It’s been the National Theatre’s biggest hit of recent years, with enormously successful runs in both the West End and on Broadway, and this week One Man Two Guvnors starts a second UK tour at Curve in Leicester. Writer Richard Bean has based his play [...]

Writer: Nicholas Wright Music: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Rebecca Jackson The Public Reviews Rating: A play about film may baffle some, but Nicholas Wright’s brainchild makes a realistic comparison to the modern day film industry through excellent use of irony and humour. Set in two different times Travelling Light focuses on the lead character, Maurice Montgomery, [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Music and Lyrics: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Sue Cartwright The Public Reviews Rating: The dictionary definition of farce is a comedy which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, and One Man, Two Guvnors certainly ticks all the right boxes in respect of [...]