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Adapter and Director: Emma Rice Music : Stu Barker Text and Lyrics : Carl Grose Reviewer: Dave Saunders The Public Reviews Rating: I won’t lie. I like Kneehigh and the work they do. So, while not being an absolute fan, I do enjoy the theatre work that the company produce, though that did not guarantee that this revue [...]

Writer: Caryl Churchill Director: Max Stafford-Clark Reviewer: Catherine Love The Public Reviews Rating: At Chichester’s Minerva Theatre, it is not only the shoulder-pads, perms and hits from the likes of The Jam that evoke an atmosphere of nostalgia. This production of Top Girls, almost 30 years on from its premiere, reunites original director Max Stafford-Clark with the seminal [...]

Sometimes the best drama is right on your doorstep, and this week’s theatrical selections all find their inspiration close to home. Many plays take the domestic and everyday as their subject, exploring new depths in the lives of ordinary people or connecting the private and personal to the wider world. Whether it is an examination [...]

Book: Joe Masteroff Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics : Sheldon Harnick Director/Choreographer: Stephen Mear Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: Chichester triumphs once more, this time with a mesmerizing, slightly scaled down but simply adorable version of She Loves Me. A performance that has you skipping out of the theatre believing the world and reality is a far [...]

When times are tough, sometimes there’s nothing for it but to bring out the show tunes. Nothing raises the spirits quite like a good musical and there’s a toe-tapping show out there for every taste. We take a look at some of the must-see musicals up and down the country this week, from the brand [...]

Writer: Hans Christian Andersen Adapted by Emma Rice Director: Emma Rice Poems: Anna Maria Murphy Reviewer: David Saunders The Public Reviews Rating: I arrived at the Minerva after what can only be described as an awful day. I arrived in the foyer to be greeted by three shaven headed musicians. This very much set the tone for the [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Translator: David Edgar Director: Philip Franks Reviewer: Howard Holdsworth The Public Reviews Rating: I was privileged to witness one of the most exhilarating evenings I have ever spent in the theatre last night. In a World Premiere of David Edgar’s new version of Henrik Ibsen’s rarely performed masterpiece, “The Master Builder”, which is the closing [...]

Writer:Robert Tressell Adaptor: Howard Brenton Director: Christopher Morahan Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: Prepared to be moved as well as to smile at this play which, through the description of the renovation of an old house for the local Mayor, describes the early development of socialism in this country. Howard Brenton introduces us to Robert Tressell’s [...]