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Writer: Moliere Adaptor: Roger McGough Director: Gemma Bodinetz Reviewer: Bill Avenell The Public Reviews Rating: I would never have chosen to go and see a Moliere play if I had not been doing this job. And what a treat I would have missed that was on show from the English Touring Theatre at Brighton last night. The [...]

Missed out on an acclaimed production or craving another chance to see an old favourite? Get another opportunity to see old classics and more recent productions alike with this week’s selection of revivals across the country. Picks by Catherine Love 1) SWEENEY TODD – CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE For those who like their musicals with gore [...]

Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Sarah Esdaile Reviewer: David Noble The Public Reviews Rating: The Lady in the Van is Alan Bennett’s somewhat remarkable account of Miss Shepherd, an old lady who lived in his garden for around 20 years. Compelling and funny, the play documents her batty idiosyncrasies and bizarre activities from the perspective of two Alan Bennett’s [...]

Writer: Roald Dahl Adapter: Jeremy Dysn Director: Polly Findlay Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: Following on from their successful partnership on the marmite show Ghost Stories – The Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Hammersmith have once again joined forces to produce another production from the mind of Jeremy Dyson – this time Dyson has decided to [...]

Choreographer: Henri Oguike Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: After a tenth anniversary tour in 2009 Henri Oguike spent a year on sabbatical and returned in late-2010 with a brand new set of four dancers and three completely new works, a bold and characteristically creative start to his company’s second decade. The Butterfly Dreaming Tour resumed touring [...]

Writer: Susan Hill Adaptor: Stephen Mallatratt Director : Robin Hereford Reviewer – Helen Patrick The Public Reviews Rating: I have to admit I was a little bit more than apprehensive ( I sent the following text to my brother before the show – I’M SCARED!) coming to review Woman in Black, after hearing so much about the production [...]

Writer: Tim Whitnall Director: Guy Masterson Reviewer: Tim Jones The Public Reviews Rating: As this genial one-man show whistles happily into town, “the man what brought us sunshine” is able to bring a little sunshine to us once more. A biographic telling of the life of one half of the double act Morecambe and Wise, reveals a wide-eyed [...]