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Writer: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey Director: David Gilmore Reviewer: Nathan Shreeve The Public Reviews Rating: This production of Grease ought to be advertised on a big brown road sign as you come into Manchester. This is theatre as a attraction, made evident from the hordes of audience members in costume, photographing themselves in the audience. From the [...]

Commissioned – mac birmingham, Warwick Arts Centre Producer: China Plate Reviewer: Tabitha McGrath The Public Reviews Rating: Celebrating new talent, the mac’s flagship First Bite Festival was a delightful day filled with innovative ideas and excellent showcases of up and coming artists in the midlands area. Set in the leafy surrounding of Cannon Hill Park, the mac is certainly [...]

I balance on the rigging above the stage watching Ferdinand carrying logs. It’s impossible to ignore the surroundings. A group of Palestinian children crouch around me, hanging from the railings and poking at my costume. A mother leans out of her window, calling across the stage in Arabic for her son to come home. Stray [...]

Bermondsey Street Festival is now in its fifth year, and growing ever more arty. This Saturday, from 12pm until late, DJs, outdoor cinema,  promenade theatre, contemporary dance, an arts ramble and a dashing range of music will be spread throughout the long street, with two dedicated entertainment stages and various other arts areas. Here’s what [...]

Writer: Oscar Wilde Director: Philip Wilson Reviewer: Jude Evans The Public Reviews Rating: It’s always a delight to see Wilde’s plays, with that wit, style and sharpness, and those all important epigrams which are so characteristic of his works. Philip Wilson’s production does not quite hit the mark, but comes close in the second half. It grows [...]

The Wednesday matinee performance of Les Miserables – currently entering its twenty-sixth year in the West End – has just finished and outside the stage door, the street is already filling up with audience members wanting to meet the cast. I’m there too, waiting for the man who is currently playing the role of Javert; [...]

For lovers of good music, the name ‘Joe Sterling’ is one to remember: actor; singer; musician; songwriter… Shropshire-born Sterling is currently performing in the cast of the UK Tour of The Jungle Book but today however, he is in the Auburn Jam studio with Bob Gould for a two-day recording session for his debut album, [...]

Performing eight shows a week is a physical and exhausting job for a West End dancer, but they go out on that stage for every one of them and show the audience their determination, their commitment, their passion and talent – this Sunday however, they’ll be showing a very special audience a whole lot more! [...]