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Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales – The Liverpool Playhouse

Writer: Roald Dahl Adapter: Jeremy Dysn Director: Polly Findlay Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: ★★½☆☆ Following on from their successful partnership on the marmite show Ghost Stories – The Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Hammersmith have once again joined forces to produce another production from the mind of Jeremy Dyson – this time Dyson has decided to [...]

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Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales – Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London

Adaptor: Jeremy Dyson Director: Penny Findlay Reviewer: Tim Jones The Public Reviews Rating: ★★☆☆☆ After the recent success of Ghost Stories, currently thrilling West End audiences at the Duke of York’s, Jeremy Dyson and the Lyric Hammersmith have joined forces again to create the latest addition to a chain of theatrical horrors. Twisted Tales is a collection of Roald [...]

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The Cunning Little Vixen (ESO)- Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh

Music: Leos Janacek Director: Nicholas Bone Musical Director: Nicholas Fletcher Reviewer: Greig Ratcliff The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★½☆ ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ is rather an influential marker in the history of opera. First performed in 1924, its audiences were exposed to more novel operatic writing including orchestral interludes, speechless singing, mime and ballet, which broadened and expanded the concept [...]

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Dial M For Murder – Richmond Theatre

Writer: Frederick Knott Director: Lucy Bailey Reviewer: James Higgins Frederick Knott wrote the original stage play in 1952 and two years later also wrote the screenplay for Warner Brothers. Alfred Hitchcock directed the famous film version starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly. A recent revival of a much loved but slightly dated old title this [...]

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