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The December Man/L’homme de Décembre – The Finborough Theatre, London

Writer: Colleen Murphy Director: Lavinia Hollands Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ There are mini-seasons within seasons now at the Finborough and so the three Sunday/Monday slots of the women playwrights programme, In Their Place, are being used to introduce the work of Canadian writer Colleen Murphy: the first of these features The December Man or L’homme [...]

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Hay Fever – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds

Writer: Noel Coward Director: Ian Brown Reviewer: Joanne Hartley The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ Noel Coward’s ‘Hay Fever’ was famously written in one three day sitting and was inspired by the weekends spent at the home of eccentric silent movie star Laurette Taylor and her family, who were known to shamelessly argue when in company and, at times, abandon [...]

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You May Go Now (A Marriage Play) – Finborough Theatre, London

Writer: Bekah Brunstetter Director: Ellie Browning Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★☆☆ You May Go Now – A Marriage Play, written by US playwright Bekah Brunstetter takes up the Sunday/Monday slot at the Finborough theatre for the next three weeks, and is the first time that this play has been performed in Europe. Things open with Dottie [...]

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