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Enchanted by Curve’s architecture after a visit to the city last year left West-End star Janie Dee on a mission to perform at the Leicester theatre. Last week, the Public Reviews Contributor, Jemma Crowston, met Dee in the foyer at Curve to talk about her upcoming lead-role in the Christmas special, The King and I. [...]

Music/Lyrics: Howard Menkin, Tim Rice & Howard Ashman Book: Linda Woolverton Director and Choreographer: Greg Pichery Reviewer: Jemma Crowston The Public Reviews Rating: The opening night of this light-hearted production of the 1991 Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast, was a dazzling success despite the endless technical faults. The Leicester Amateur Operatic Society came back to Curve last [...]

Are you stuck for ideas this half-term in Leicester? Need some entertainment for the kids? Look no further than the Cultural Quarter this month and join Curve for a spectacular Sparks Festival line-up. The annual children’s festival sees the city fill with performances and visual arts for children through May and June. Public Reviews Contributor, [...]

Writer: Rani Moorthy Director: Karen Simpson Reviewer: Rebecca Taylor The Public Reviews Rating: Handful of Henna is a wonderful fusion of East meets West in a truly soul searching adventure. The play, written by Rani Moorthy, is based on a mixture of the real life stories of women from South Asia, the Middle East and Africa who now [...]

Director: Karen Bruce Musical Director: Jeff Leach Reviewer: Rebecca Taylor The Public Reviews Rating: Glitz, glamour and glittery gowns galore! ‘Strictly come Dancing The Professionals’ is a true spectacle that will entertain all ages. The first stage show to come out of the latest season of the well known TV series ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, this is just what [...]

Writer: Sonia Hughes Director: Richard Gregory and Renny O’Shea Reviewer: Rebecca Taylor The Public Reviews Rating: It was difficult to gauge what the show was going to be about from reading previous descriptions and having now seen the show I can see why. This is not your average dance performance. And performers, Susan and Darren Pritchard, are not [...]

Making his debut performance at Leicester’s newest theatre venue – County-born Martin Lawrence will be bringing his artistic flare to Curve’s stage with Richard Alston’s Dance Company productions this month. Martin speaks to Jemma Crowston Retired dancer and now the companies Rehearsal Director, Lawrence is excited about seeing Overdrive, Shuffle it Right and To Dance [...]

Writer: Oscar Wilde Director: Jamie Lloyd Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: Salome is not for the faint hearted. Indeed, Jamie Lloyd’s interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s account of the death of John the Baptist, here named Iokanaan, never shies away from the brutality and immorality of the time. Blood is shed at regular intervals, and the character [...]