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Production: Speckulation Entertainment Reviewer: Lucy Thackray The Public Reviews Rating: Helena Blackman, runner-up in early TV casting show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, has worked hard to maintain her fanbase and keep performing since her TV debut. Despite leading roles in South Pacific, Saturday Night and the recent Noël & Gertie under her belt, she has remained [...]

Writer: Brian Langtry Director: Stephen Leatherland Reviewer: Lucy Thackray The Public Reviews Rating: A musical about Eva Cassidy’s life was not exactly my idea of heaven. I’ve loved Cassidy’s voice ever since hearing it as a teen; the raw emotion of her voice through a speaker interpreted classic songs far better than live performances or music videos ever [...]

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 [...]

Whatever type of music or theatre you’re into, chances are you’ve heard Idina Menzel’s voice. She was part of the Broadway revolution that was Rent in 1996, was the first to immerse herself in green make-up and iconic Stephen Schwartz melodies in global hit Wicked, and more recently joined the talented and charming misfits of [...]

Alice Coulthard is best known to television audiences for the role of Maisie Wylde in Emmerdale, but since leaving the Yorkshire Dales she has landed herself the lead role in Keeler, a new play by Gill Adams that delves into the heart of the Profumo Affair. She took some time out to chat to Catherine [...]

by Lucy Thackray Eva Cassidy is best known as the voice that tingled a million spines when Terry Wogan played her acoustic version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow on his radio show in 2000, and as the soundtrack to countless weddings and funerals – yet few people know much about the woman behind the voice. [...]

Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin Director: Jerry Mitchell Reviewer: Katy Evans The Public Reviews Rating: A stage musical adaptation of a film often suffers in the transition, and having been familiar with the film I was keen to see if this was the case with Legally Blonde. I had heard only good things from those [...]

Abigail Jaye is currently starring as Argentina’s most iconic first lady, Eva Peron, in the UK and European tour of Evita. She has also had roles in Doctor Doolittle, Scrooge and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. She took some time out to share her experiences with Lucy Thackray. So how are you enjoying touring [...]