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Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bob Thomson & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It is arguably Lloyd-Webber & Tim Rice’s best collaboration, with wonderful music and some of musical theatre’s most haunting lyrics, but this production which has been touring the country for almost a year is now is looking and feeling [...]

Writer/Director: John Godber Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: John Godber’s play within a play about the effect of teaching drama in mainstream school is particularly resonant because of the current climate within the arts and to watch and hear the audience- who were mainly teenagers- laughing along and revelling in the opportunity to poke fun at [...]

Author/Dramatist: Alain Boubil Book/Music: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Adaptors: Trevor Nunn & John Caird Director: Laurence Connor & James Powell Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: Les Miserables is one of those shows that makes most regular theatre-goer’s eyes light up by mere mention; it’s something people enjoy time and time again. So I found myself [...]

Writer: Ian Winterton Director: Trevor Macfarlane Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Theatrical productions can provoke and even shock audiences. This is usually achieved by referring to, or describing, events that occur off-stage either in the past or the future because actually portraying them runs the risk of seeming to endorse actions that should be condemned. It [...]

Writer: Ella Hickson Director: Katie Lewis Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: The latest production from NewUpNorth Theatre Company refutes the suggestion that radio is the natural home for monologues. Director Katie Lewis gives us a show in which less is more but one that still makes great use of the theatre environment. The actors perform on [...]

Devised by Dmitri Ariupin and Marcella Soltan Director: Dmitri Ariupin Reviewer- Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: The late, great J G Ballard coined the phrase the atrocity exhibition, which captures the dark emotions, generated by this production. The highly disturbing nature of Bertrand’s Toys is not for everyone – there were a number of people who walked out. This [...]

Writer: Richard Holdsworth Director: Graham Easterlow Reviewer : Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: One man show ‘Tales from the Blackjack’ currently playing at the Lowry Theatre, centres around a blackjack dealer, interacting with various customers and revealing dark secrets as each character’s personal life bleeds into their gambling addiction. Running at 50 minutes long this piece makes [...]

Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It almost feels a little redundant having to write a review for a production when you know by the time it gets published the whole tour will have been finished and complete, but as we know that is what the job entails. Opening the show as the First half warm up [...]