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The Reindeer Monologues – Above the Stag Theatre, London

Writer: : Jeff Goode Director : Matthew Lloyd Davies Reviewer : Johnny Fox The Public Reviews Rating: ★★½☆☆ Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening. A beautiful sight, but there’s rape here tonight in Santa’s pervy wonderland … At North Pole Central, a traumatized Rudolph beats his hooves softly against the walls of his [...]

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Red, Black and Ignorant – The Cock Tavern Theatre, London

Writer: Edward Bond Director: Maja Milatovic-Ovadia Reviewer: Vicky Bell The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ A play to see with a friend, Red, Black and Ignorant definitely provides you with plenty to discuss in the bar, on the tube or wherever you may be heading afterwards. This play at The Cock Tavern Theatre is part of a season of [...]

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Lost and Found – Polka Theatre, Wimbledon

Writer: Oliver Jeffers Director: Sally Cookson Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ Approximately 30 small children with accompanying adults squeezed into the Polka’s intimate studio theatre to see the Travelling Light Theatre Company’s production of “Lost and Found”. It is a perfect introduction to Reception and Year One or Two children to the magic of theatre. There [...]

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Legacy Falls – The New Players Theatre, London

Music and Lyrics by: James Burn. Book: James Burn and Ian Poitier Director/ Choreography: Ian Poitier Reviewer: Jenni Rymer The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ After many years of hard work; writer, James Burn’ comical masterpiece; ‘Legacy Falls’ is at last brought to The New Players stage for our viewing pleasure. This unique musical brings its audience into the world [...]

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Blasted, – Lyric Hammersmith, London

Writer: Sarah Kane Director: Sean Holmes Reviewer: Hannah Stratton The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ The Lyric Hammersmith’s revival of Blasted, Sarah Kane’s notorious and controversial play is a perfect opportunity for avid enthusiasts and voyeurs of modern theatre to enjoy this production. Knowing little of the context of the play or much about the writer before going, even I [...]

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There Will Be More – The Cock Tavern Theatre, London

Director: Adam Spreadbury-Maher Playwright: Edward Bond Reviewer: Toni Stott-Rates The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Within minutes of the play opening an act of infanticide happens on stage which drew shocked gasps of horror from the audience, not often is a premise so startlingly set up and delivered in a play, but really this dive down the rabbit hole [...]

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The Two Character Play – Jermyn Street Theatre, London

Writer: Tennessee Williams Director: Gene David Kirk Reviewer: Natalie Barker The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ The small studio space of the Jermyn Theatre is perfectly conducive to watching Tennessee William’s claustrophobic psychological play about the despair of insanity and the threat of confinement. Clare and Felice, played mesmerisingly by Catherine Cusack and Paul McEwan, are brother and sister players [...]

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When We Are Married – Garrick Theatre, London

Writer: J.B. Priestley Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ J.B. Priestley’s farcical comedy When We Are Married arrives at the Garrick Theatre in London for a limited season with a substantially star-studded cast donning their finest Edwardian gear. Set in 1908, three middle-class couples in Cleckleywyke, Yorkshire have their world turned upside-down when, in [...]

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