http://www.thepublicreviews.com Theatre reviews for you, by you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oliver-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oliver-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:13:08 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27433 Book, Music & Lyrics: Lionel Bart Director: Laurence Connor Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Producer Cameron Mackintosh alongside director Laurence Connor wowed us two years ago with their spectacular 25th Anniversary production of Les Miserables. They teamed up once again to offer us the sensational Royal Albert Hall [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oliver-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-american-idiot-tours-the-uk/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-american-idiot-tours-the-uk/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:00:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25327 The hit Tony Award winning musical American Idiot will be premiering at The Mayflower Theatre, Southampton next year (Oct—Dec 2012) with a full US cast before embarking on a national tour. Described by the New York Times as “the most adventurous musical to brave Broadway in the past decade,” American Idiot features the songs of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-american-idiot-tours-the-uk/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dont-dress-for-dinner-palace-theatre-southend/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dont-dress-for-dinner-palace-theatre-southend/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:17:05 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24001 Writer: Marc Camoletti Adapter: Robin Hawdon Director: Bruce James Reviewer: Jonathan Cooper The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Laughter flows consistently throughout Robin Hawdon’s adaptation of Don’t Dress for Dinner. A classic French story of the misadventures resulting from a married couple and their simultaneous affairs, the events of the play have [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dont-dress-for-dinner-palace-theatre-southend/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-stink-palace-theatre-southend/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-stink-palace-theatre-southend/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:14:17 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23847 Writer: David Walliams Music and Arrangements: Matt Brind Stage Adaptation/Director: Matthew Wright Reviewer: Maureen Hylands The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars In the delightful Edwardian brass railed, red velvet and gilt nostalgia of the Palace theatre, modern taste, talent and skill were bought to magical life for the children of today. And [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-stink-palace-theatre-southend/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-casting-announced-for-oliver-uk-tour/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-casting-announced-for-oliver-uk-tour/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:16:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23636 Samantha Barks has finally landed the role of Nancy… three years after auditioning for it. The Les Misérables star, who finished third in the 2008 TV talent show, has been announced as the leading lady of this winter’s UK tour of Oliver! She will join The Bill’s Iain Fletcher (Three Musketeers, Mamma Mia!) as Bill [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/preview-casting-announced-for-oliver-uk-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/south-pacific-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/south-pacific-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:33:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23291 Music: Richard Rogers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein Book : Oscar Hammerstein and Joshua Logan Director : Bartlett Sher Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Having recently been wowing London audiences, Rodger and Hammerstein’s 1949 musical is now out to wow the regions. Unfortunately it didn’t wow me. Running at three [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/south-pacific-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/godspell-40th-anniversary-concert-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/godspell-40th-anniversary-concert-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:48:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23121 Book: John-Michael Tebelak Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Director: Daniel Wood Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The Palace Theatre hosts JP Productions’ Godspell 40th Anniversary Concert celebrating the Broadway and West End smash as it reaches a landmark age. Showcasing the fantastic songs that do not seem to have aged [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/godspell-40th-anniversary-concert-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-15th-august-2011/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-15th-august-2011/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:52:12 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19738 There’s nothing like real life for a bit of inspiration and this week’s theatre choices all have their basis in true stories. From historical figures to famous monarchs to pillars of culture, real people are placed centre stage in our top picks for the next seven days. Picks by Catherine Love 1) THE MADNESS OF [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-15th-august-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dr-dee-an-english-opera-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dr-dee-an-english-opera-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:35:50 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17953 Creators: Daman Albarn Compsoer: Daman Albarn Director: Rufus Norris Conductor: Andre de Ridder Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars After the runaway success of Alban’s last opera, Monkey, he has once again been commissioned by the Manchester International Festival in conjunction with the English National Opera and London’s 2012 [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dr-dee-an-english-opera-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mamma-mia-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mamma-mia-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:57:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15841 Music:/Lyrics: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Book: Catherine Johnson Director: Phylidda Lloyd Reviewer: Helen Patrick The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The mini spring heat wave may have disappeared from across the region, but summer has already arrived at The Palace Theatre with the welcome return of international smash hit and ‘Original’ [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mamma-mia-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 6 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/corrie-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/corrie-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:17:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15404 Writer: Jonathan Harvey Director: Fiona Buffini Reviewer: Matthew Nichols The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “They’re very bay windows down there,” snorts Ena Sharples, in the very first episode of Coronation Street, first shown in grainy black and white in 1960. With its mesmerising look at the kitchen sink an’ all, a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/corrie-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jekyll-hyde-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jekyll-hyde-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:14:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14897 Music: Frank Wildhorn Book/Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Director: Martin Connor Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Although based on Robert Louis Stephenson’s 1886 novella, like most major stage versions, Jekyll & Hyde is a liberal adaptation of the original story. Inspired by his father’s illness, Dr Jekyll requests sanction to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jekyll-hyde-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-%e2%80%98all-new%e2%80%99-original-tribute-to-the-blues-brothers-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-%e2%80%98all-new%e2%80%99-original-tribute-to-the-blues-brothers-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:11:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14428 Director: Brad Henshaw Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars It’s a Blues Brother’s tribute show and so is an uplifting light hearted and joyous event with original rhythm and blues and soul numbers to dance and clap along to, if that’s what gets you going. And though Jake and [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-%e2%80%98all-new%e2%80%99-original-tribute-to-the-blues-brothers-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/calendar-girls-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/calendar-girls-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:53:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14236 Writer: Tim Firth Director: Roger Haines Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars When the WI ladies of Cracoe, North Yorkshire, tastefully bore all for an alternative calendar they couldn’t have imagined what an international phenomenon their story would become. They had no idea they’d raise £3m, firstly for their [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/calendar-girls-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/moscow-city-ballet-sleeping-beauty-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/moscow-city-ballet-sleeping-beauty-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:34:08 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=14153 Libretto: Marius Petipa Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Artistic Director: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Chorographer: Marius Petipa Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Manchester welcomes the Moscow City Ballet back to the Palace Theatre for a very brief time performing the classic ballet Sleeping Beauty. The story is a well-known one; the princess [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/moscow-city-ballet-sleeping-beauty-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spamalot-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spamalot-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:31:30 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=13873 Writer: Eric Idle and John Du Prez Music: John Du Prez Lyrics: Eric Idle Director: Chris Luscombe Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Billed as ‘a new musical lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot certainly lives up to its name. A delightful homage to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spamalot-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-will-rock-you-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-will-rock-you-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:59:16 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=12928 Writer: Ben Elton Music/Lyrics: Queen Director: Ben Elton and Tony Edge Choreographer: Arlene Philips and Leanne Pinder Reviewer: Laura Stimpson The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars A journey into the future, where we are all clones, there are no musical instruments and Simon Cowell has his own column in Trafalgar Square. After [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-will-rock-you-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-nutcracker-northern-ballet-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-nutcracker-northern-ballet-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:08:25 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=12660 Music: Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky Director and Choreography: David Nixon Conductor: John Pryce-Jones Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The Nutcracker may be something of a Christmas cliché but it is one of the popular standards of the classical repertoire and is a show so Christmassy that it is hard [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-nutcracker-northern-ballet-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rocky-horror-show-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rocky-horror-show-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:00:52 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=12406 Book/Music/Lyrics: Richard O’Brien Director: Christopher Luscombe Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars It’s outstanding, that a small production some 30 years ago is still bringing in wave after wave of die- hard fans and new comers into number 1 venues across the country…But it is not hard to see [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rocky-horror-show-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/thriller-live-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/thriller-live-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:16:06 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=12151 Music: Michael Jackson Director/Choreographer: Gary Lloyd Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars If you go to Thriller Live expecting to see a moving biopic musical of the life of the “King of Pop” then you need to take your tickets back and ask for a refund, however if you [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/thriller-live-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/horrible-science-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/horrible-science-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:07:19 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=11884 Writer: Nick Arnold Adaptor: Mark Williams Director: Phil Clark Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars A giant poo would have to hover above an audience’s head to engage my children in theatre, so what luck ,as that was one of the highlights of last night’s Horrible Science. Anybody familiar [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/horrible-science-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/romeo-juliet-%e2%80%93-english-national-ballet-at-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/romeo-juliet-%e2%80%93-english-national-ballet-at-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:05:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=11725 Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreographer: Rudolf Nureyev Reviewer: Naithan Ariane The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The English National Ballet… not something you hear mentioned in Manchester or indeed in my homeland of Salford very often, so when the crème de la crème of British Arts come to town performing the world’s best [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/romeo-juliet-%e2%80%93-english-national-ballet-at-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shakespeare-4-kidz-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream-%e2%80%93-on-tour/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shakespeare-4-kidz-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream-%e2%80%93-on-tour/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:09:54 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=11362 Writer: William Shakespeare & Julian Chenery Book/Lyrics: Julian Chenery Music/Lyrics: Matt Gimblett Director: Joseph Fowler & Julian Chenery Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Shakespeare has never been a playwright that is easy to understand and credit must be given to Shakespeare 4 Kidz in making The Bard’s tales [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shakespeare-4-kidz-a-midsummer-night%e2%80%99s-dream-%e2%80%93-on-tour/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/guys-and-dolls-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/guys-and-dolls-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:43:09 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=10292 Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Artistic Director: David McNeill Musical Director: Simon Hanson Choreographer: Geoff Steers Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Stage Experience have auditioned and cast one hundred young people between the ages of ten and twenty one, then given them [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/guys-and-dolls-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mum%e2%80%99s-the-word-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mum%e2%80%99s-the-word-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:44:21 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=9329 Writers:Linda A Carson, Jill Daum, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard, Deborah Williams Director: Andrew Lynford Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars The play itself, is the product of a group of six actors from Vancouver getting together and writing about their experience of motherhood. The staging is very [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mum%e2%80%99s-the-word-%e2%80%93-the-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dinnerladies-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dinnerladies-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:19:59 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=9029 Writer: Victoria Wood Adaptor/Director: David Graham Reviewer: Brian Gorman The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars I really wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy this at all. I love Victoria Wood, but never fancied watching her tv sit-com of ’Dinnerladies’. It all looked far too cosy for me. Well, I missed out, [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dinnerladies-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-sue-devaney/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-sue-devaney/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:16:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=8802 Sue Devaney has had an extensive career across theatre and television, and has a broad CV. Coronation Street fans will remember her as Debbie Webster, while to an entire generation of fans she is Rita Briggs, from Children’s BBC’s hit series, Johnny Briggs. Other television roles include Heartbeat, a three year stint on Casualty, as [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-sue-devaney/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hobbit-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hobbit-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 09:30:58 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=8465 Book: JRR Tolkien Adaptor: Glyn Robbins Director: Roy Marsden Reviewer: Jimmy Hardwick The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien’s beloved classic, was born partly out of his believe that the English had no real mythology of their own. As an accomplished mythology scholar he was in a position to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-hobbit-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:45:44 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7953 Based on the Book by Ian Fleming Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Book: Jeremy Sams Director: Adrian Noble Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang! Based on the children’s story by Ian Fleming the man behind 007, this fantasmagorical adventure see’s [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-%e2%80%93-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cinderella-english-national-ballet-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cinderella-english-national-ballet-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:11:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7903 Writer: Prokofiev Director/Choreographer: Michael Corder Conductor: Alex Ingram Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars It’s a special year for English National Ballet. It’s sixty years since the company made its debut and what better way to celebrate than with this revival of Michael Corder’s sumptuous and award winning 1996 [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cinderella-english-national-ballet-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-edward-peel/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-edward-peel/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:27:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=7892 Edward Peel is instantly a face you recognise having been in the industry for over 40 years. He has been a regular in our living rooms for the past thirty years playing roles in programs such as Emmerdale, London’s Burning and Dr Who in which he won the title of Best Villian in the 24th [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/interview-ten-minutes-with-edward-peel/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-miserables-25th-anniversary-production-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-miserables-25th-anniversary-production-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:33:08 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=6058 Author/Dramatist: Alain Boubil Book/Music: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Adaptors: Trevor Nunn & John Caird Directors: Laurence Connor & James Powell Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Les Miserables has become a musical theatre institution, performing in many cities and countries around the world, and been translated into several [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-miserables-25th-anniversary-production-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 5 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lesmissingatweetathon-in-association-with-manchester-palace-theatre/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lesmissingatweetathon-in-association-with-manchester-palace-theatre/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:00:54 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=5995 What is this I hear you ask? Well today saw quite possibly, what we believe to be the first ever Les Miserables Sing-A-Long on Twitter, jointly created by us (@publicreviews) and The Manchester Palace and Opera House Theatres (@Palaceandopera) to celebrate the 25th Anniversary production of Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s classic musical landing in Manchester [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lesmissingatweetathon-in-association-with-manchester-palace-theatre/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sound-of-music-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sound-of-music-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:30:35 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=4826 Music and Lyrics: Rodgers and Hammerstein Book: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Director: Jeremy Sams Choreographer: Arlene Phillips Reviewer: Gemma Longfellow The Sound of Music was fantastic! This much loved story follows the adventure of Maria as she exchanges her life as a nun to become Governess for the Von Trapp family. The excellent performance [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sound-of-music-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/scrooge-palace-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/scrooge-palace-theatre-manchester/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:12:00 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/scrooge-palace-theatre-manchester/ Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse Director: Bob Tomson Reviewer: Jimmy Hardwick Surely few stories have entered our national consciousness as deeply as Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novella ‘A Christmas Carol’. From its first readings given by the author himself the book has spawned numerous plays, films and poor sitcom [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/scrooge-palace-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0