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Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Director: Lindsay Posner Reviewer: Lettie Mckie The Public Reviews Rating: When performed in 1967 Relatively Speaking was Alan Ayckbourn’s first big success, establishing him as one of the leading playwrights of his generation. His signature ability to construct complex narratives steeped in subtext and driven by miscommunication between his protagonists was established in Relatively Speaking [...]

Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Director: Lindsay Posner Reviewer: Maggie Constable The Public Reviews Rating: It was Relatively Speaking in London’s West End in 1967 that made Alan Ayckbourn’s name and gave him his first hit play. He has since become a darling of British theatre, very much a household favourite on TV too. This evening in Milton Keynes Theatre [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Janet Suzman Reviewer: Jane Pink The Public Reviews Rating: “We think that Cleopatra was in and out of every famous bed in the known world, due to Octavius Caesar’s efficient spin-machine … which set out to ruin her reputation and totally succeeded” says director Janet Suzman of Cleopatra and we may well come [...]

Writer: George Bernard Shaw Director: Nadia Fall Reviewer: Sheila Cornelius The Public Reviews Rating: In this play, first staged in 1906, Shaw seized the opportunity to air his socialist views on private medical practice. The National Theatre’s beautifully staged revival of his minor masterpiece chimes with current issues around public health and moral choices in a time [...]

Music: Noel Gay Book and Lyrics: L. Arthur Rose and Douglas Furber Adaptor: Stephen Fry with Mike Ockrent Director: Anna Mackmin Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: Writing under the pen name Noel Gay, a young composer from Wakefield became the Andrew Lloyd Webber of his day, dominating the London stage and hit parade for 25 years. [...]

Original Book by: Erich Segal Music: Howard Goodall Book and Lyrics: Stephan Clark Director: Rachel Kavanaugh Reviewer: Jim Nicholson The Public Reviews Rating: I certainly do not give five star ratings to shows lightly, in actual fact, on this site, this is my first ever. I have seen literally hundreds of shows over the years, including every major [...]