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Writer: Agatha Christie Director: Joe Harmston Reviewer: Sheila Cornelius The Public Reviews Rating: The ornate three-tier Richmond Theatre is an excellent venue for Agatha Christies’ ‘Murder on the Nile’, first staged in 1944. Echoing a more leisurely era, that of the 1930s, a gin advert projected onto velvet curtains sets the scene: passengers aboard the paddle-steamer Lotus will [...]

Reviewer: Lettie Mckie The Public Reviews Rating: Any famous group from ABBA to The Smiths, Blur to Oasis, The Sex Pistols to The Wurzels have at least one (and probably more) tribute acts to their name. Although, like Marmite, the beauty of these acts is largely in the eye of the beholder, their success is undeniable. The Iron [...]

Choreography: Russell Maliphant, Paul Roberts and Jarek Cemerek Music: Richard English, Keaton Henson, Ondrej Dedecek, Ismael De Garay and Yoav Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: Bringing contemporary ballet to the masses is a hard task but it is one that Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, the founders of Ballet Boyz, are working tirelessly to achieve. Their [...]

Composer: Tchaikovsky Original Choreography: Petipa Adapted Choreography: Victor Smirnov-Golovanov Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: What an embarrassment of riches to have so many first class classical dancers on hand that they are not identified in a cast list. There was no way to know who was dancing Clara, Drosselmeyer, the Nutcracker Prince or the Sugar [...]

Reviewer: Jemma Bicknell The Public Reviews Rating: Swan Lake, the most popular ballet of all time, has been performed on umpteen stages across the UK, by as many companies. Done well, it can provide the most glorious evening, with its familiar plot, costumes, and famous Tchaikovsky music. Moscow City Ballet certainly delivered, managing to cram the grand two-act [...]

Writer: Eric Potts Director: Christopher Dunham Reviewer: Diane Higgins The Public Reviews Rating: The Panto at Richmond Theatre has always been a lavish affair, full of fun and frolicks and this year is no different – opening with a flash and a loud bang  heralds the entrance of Fairy Godmother (Jenny Eclair in her first ever role in [...]

Writer: Tim Firth Director: Jack Ryder Reviewer: Carol Evans The Public Reviews Rating: The true story of the women from a Yorkshire WI who posed to make a nude calendar to raise money for a cancer charity has become stuff of legend. It now looks as if Tim Firth’s play Calendar Girls, based on their tale, is fast [...]

Musical Director: Will Morris Reviewer: Steve Turner The Public Reviews Rating: The statistics regarding total records sold by the Drifters are quite incredible: 214m singles sold worldwide together with 114m albums, but perhaps the most surprising statistic is that there have been 65 different group members over the years. For this reason, seeing the band these days is [...]