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ED FRINGE 2011: Shylock – Assembly Hall

Writer: Gareth Armstrong Director: Gareth Armstong Reviewer: Val Baskott The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ Gareth Armstrong’s play is a revisionist take on the role of Shakespeare’s Shylock, prompted by Armstong’s experience of feeling a sense of isolation and difference when performing the role. He elevates the minor character Tubal, Shakespeare’s only other Jewish character (eight lines), as our centre [...]

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Morecambe – Liverpool Playhouse

Writer: Tim Whitnall Director: Guy Masterson Reviewer: Tim Jones The Public Reviews Rating: ★★½☆☆ As this genial one-man show whistles happily into town, “the man what brought us sunshine” is able to bring a little sunshine to us once more. A biographic telling of the life of one half of the double act Morecambe and Wise, reveals a wide-eyed [...]

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