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Writer: Philip King Director: Chris Harper Reviewer: Flip Miller The Public Reviews Rating: Philip King’s farce See How They Run, set in 1944 in a typical English sleepy village called Merton-Cum-Middlewich, has been resurrected and admirably staged in a temporary theatre in Bury St Edmunds this week by The Original Theatre Company The play, and sense of anticipation, [...]

As Bertolt Brecht once said, ‘from the first it has been the theatre’s business to entertain’; the best examples of theatrical entertainment have the power to transport us away from our lives for a few hours and into a remote fantasy world. In the hard times we are currently facing, the prospect of an escape [...]

Writer: RC Sherriff Director: Alastair Whatley Reviewer: Steve Burbridge The Public Reviews Rating: Based on R.C. Sherriff’s own experience in the trenches of World War One, ‘Journey’s End’ is a powerful and poignant production that starkly illustrates the futility of war. Set within a claustrophobic dugout where time creeps to a standstill as soldiers await their orders, the [...]