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Writer: Victoria Wood Adaptor/Director: David Graham Reviewer: Brian Gorman The Public Reviews Rating: 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, didn’t I? She’s a clever one, our Victoria [...]

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 [...]

Book: JRR Tolkien Adaptor: Glyn Robbins Director: Roy Marsden Reviewer: Jimmy Hardwick The Public Reviews Rating: 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 know and The Hobbit was written to redress [...]

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: Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang! Based on the children’s story by Ian Fleming the man behind 007, this fantasmagorical adventure see’s Caractacus Potts and his Children Jeremy & Jemima [...]

Writer: Prokofiev Director/Choreographer: Michael Corder Conductor: Alex Ingram Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 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 production of Prokofiev’s classic Cinderella. The tale is [...]

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 [...]

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: Les Miserables has become a musical theatre institution, performing in many cities and countries around the world, and been translated into several different languages – it was no surprise that [...]

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 [...]