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Moonlight and Magnolias – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor

Writer: Ron Hutchinson Director: Mark Rosenblatt Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ The Watermill have certainly come up with a winner here, perhaps not quite on the scale of ‘Gone With The Wind’, but certainly a show that should pack them in during its five week run. Moonlight and Magnolias is a comic drama written by Ron [...]

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Life of Riley– Richmond Theatre

Writer/Director: Alan Ayckbourn Reviewer: Rob Yates The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ Life of Riley by Alan Ayckbourn is currently on tour following a world premier production which opened in 2010 at The Stephen Joseph Theatre of which Alan Ayckbourn was previously the Artistic Director. The play focuses on the end of George Riley’s life, or more explicitly the reaction [...]

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Life of Riley – Theatre Royal, Brighton

Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Director: Alan Ayckbourn Reviewer: David Griffiths The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ Very recognisable as an Ayckbourn play this may be but as usual his characters have an earthy quality that makes this production worth a visit. What is unusual is that the main character in the play George Riley never actually appears, though his influence reaches [...]

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