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Writer: R.C. Sherriff Director: David Grindley Reviewer: James Higgins The Public Reviews Rating: The first thing I saw when I took my seat for Journey’s End was the huge iconic Lord Kitchener poster telling me ‘Your Country Needs You’ , which filled the whole of the stage. As this lifted up I sensed the audience was in for [...]

Writer: Hugh Janes Director: Hugh Wooldridge Reviewer: Alex Ramon The Public Reviews Rating: It’s more than a little surprising to find Charles Dickens billed as the author of “a chilling new thriller” in the publicity material for The Haunting. What The Haunting is, in fact, is a play inspired by several Dickens ghost stories, which the writer Hugh [...]

Writer: George Wood Director: Fenton Gray Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: Richmond Theatre’s pantomime Sleeping Beauty was originally scheduled to feature Brian Blessed as a wicked wizard but he was forced to withdraw at late notice due to a health issue and fortunately long-time friend of the theatre Anita Dobson was able to fill in as [...]

Reviewer: James Higgins The Public Reviews Rating: John Simpson appeared last night as part of the nineteenth annual Richmond upon Thames Literature Festival to talk about his latest book Unreliable Sources: How the 20th Century Was Reported. He was late, a whole week late, after having to cancel last Sunday’s scheduled appearance and rush to Rangoon to interview [...]

Writer : Flora Thompson Adaptor: Keith Dewhurst Music: Ashley Hutchings Director: Joe Harmston Reviewer: Ann Bawtree The Public Reviews Rating: Any thought that this Bill Kenwright production rides on the back of the recent television series can be immediately dismissed as it was first performed three decades ago in 1978 in the Cottesloe at the National Theatre. It [...]

Music: Steve Brown Book & Lyrics: Justin Greene Director & Choreographer: Craig Revel Horwood Reviewer: Ian Foster The Public Reviews Rating: In 1961, Viv Nicholson won the equivalent of the lottery jackpot on the pools with her husband Keith in Castleford. Spend Spend Spend is a musical that tells the story, adapted from Nicholson’s own book, of how [...]

Reviewer:Anna Murphy The Public Reviews Rating: Paul Zerdin, comic ventriloquist, whizzed into Richmond theatre tonight with his acclaimed Sponge Fest tour, accompanied by his very special friends! Zerdin is one of the most talented of this generation of ventriloquists to have emerged in recent years. His show gives you an hour-long and whirlwind tour through a puppet world [...]

Writer: Nina Bawden Adaptor: Emma Reeves Reviewer: Alex Millar Director : Andrew Loudon The Public Reviews Rating: This West End transfer bills Brigit Forsyth & Hannah Waterman as the ‘names’ to see; this does little justice to an ensemble cast that sparks beautifully; although both do well here it is the combined effort that leaves the lasting glow. [...]