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Writer: Tom Jones Music: Harvey Schmidt Director: Amon Miyamoto Reviewer: Gareth Ellis The Public Reviews Rating: The Fantasticks has finally popped up on our side of the pond, at The Duchess Theatre after becoming the world’s longest running show back in the Big Apple, after being written in 1960. The story focuses upon two fathers who build a [...]

Original Book by: Erich Segal Music: Howard Goodall Book and Lyrics: Stephan Clark Director: Rachel Kavanaugh Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: I certainly do not give five star ratings to shows lightly, in actual fact, on this site, this is my first ever. I have seen literally hundreds of shows over the years, including every major [...]

Music, Lyrics and Book: Richard O’Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe Choreographer: Jenny Arnold Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: Like a sumptuous box of exotic chocolates this production supplies pleasure, delight and surprise in equal measure, leaving one satisfied and intoxicated and yet tempted to come back for more! The Rocky Horror Show tells the story of wholesome [...]

Music: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman Book: Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Director: Jack O’Brien Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: The phenomenon that is Hairspray has hit the Mayflower and already the three week run is very close to a sell out. Based on the 1988 John Waters film, this musical version then [...]

Writers: Maggie Fox & Sue Ryding Director: Mark Whitelaw Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Audiences have learned to expect the unexpected from Lip Service. The fact that the company comprises only two women has never stopped them from re-enacting the Trojan Wars or taking on the roles of Holmes and Watson. The title Desperate to be [...]

Composed: Bill Whelan Director: John McColgan Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: A 2010 cast of sheer quality means that, even 15 years on and slimmed down, Riverdance is still as spectacular and thoroughly entertaining as when it first hit the stage. Born out of the interval entertainment at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Bill [...]

Book: Nicholas Dante and James Kirkwood. Score: Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban Director: Simon Rawlings Choreographer: Ian Meeson Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Shows set in theatre rehearsals give the audience the best of both worlds. They get to enjoy slick production numbers but also experience the grit that lies under the glamour. A Chorus Line [...]

Based on Original Book by: Ian Fleming Music and Lyrics: The Sherman Brothers Director: Adrian Noble Reviewer: Jim Nicholson  The Public Reviews Rating:  The kids loved it, the parents loved it, this is a thoroughly enjoyable, very professional and unquestionably uplifting touring version of that ‘old favourite’ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  Ian Fleming’s only children’s novel, written in [...]