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Warm up from the arctic conditions outside with a hearty chuckle in the theatre this week, as we round up some of the best comedies to be found around the country. 1)      NOISES OFF – OLD VIC THEATRE, LONDON Just announced as transferring to the West End, this wildly successful revival of Michael Frayn’s backstage [...]

Writer: Mike Bartlett Director: Rupert Goold Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: It is always a privilege to see a professional show tour from The National Theatre. With the excellent Headlong production company, producer Rupert Goold and script writer Mike Bartlett this show has an excellent pedigree. Originally produced in the small Cottesloe theatre at The National [...]

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to carve your pumpkins, practise your spookiest ghost stories and buy fake blood by the bucket-load in preparation for the scariest night of the year. Head to the theatre for some more chills and thrills with this week’s top tips – though you might want to take [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Music and Songs: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: On the run from the law in 1960s Britain Rachael (Jemima Roper) adopts the identity of her late gangster twin brother Roscoe. To maintain the deception she must go through with a pre-arranged marriage to Pauline (Claire Lams). But Rachael [...]

Writer: Mike Bartlett Director: Rupert Goold Tour Director: Caroline Steinbeis Reviewer: Hannah Williams Walton The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Earthquakes in London’ a Headlong production part of the National Theatre on Tour appears to have all the right elements to provide a good night at the theatre; however it greatly exceeds all expectations. The piece follows three sisters attempting [...]

Writer: Richard Bean Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Mary Tapper The Public Reviews Rating: One Man, Two Guvnors is a real treat, currently touring from the National Theatre and it certainly lives up to all expectations! It stars James Corden as Francis Henshall, a poor hungry soul, recently sacked from a skiffle band and now working as Roscoe Crabbe’s [...]

Writer: J.B. Priestley Director: Stephen Daldrey Reviewer: Karen McCandless The Public Reviews Rating: An Inspector Calls, J.B. Priestley’s best-known and much-loved play, is a spooky tale of a well-to-do family that is visited out of the blue by the enigmatic Inspector Goole. All the action takes place one night in 1912 when Goole picks apart the Birling family’s [...]

The disappointing summer is over, the leaves are falling, and the theatre world is gearing up for a whole new season of programming. The last of the flyers have been cleared off the streets of Edinburgh, marking the end of festival fever and the beginning of the autumn season. In line with this autumnal mood, [...]