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Book: Jon Conway Music & Lyrics: David Essex Director: Nikolai Foster Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: In 1980 I was there. In my local Odeon with a bunch of other giggly fourteen year olds holding our breath as David Essex made the terrifying circuit of Silverstone in Silver Dream Racer. I’ve always loved his breathy performance [...]

“A LITTLE MAGIC CAN TAKE YOU A LONG WAY” In recent times, our stages have been flooded with movie adaptations such as Shrek, Priscilla and, most recently, Ghost. Another rising trend is the jukebox musical: Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys (the list goes on). It is interesting to witness the amount [...]

Writer: R C Sherriff Director: David Grindley Reviewer: Michael Gray The Public Reviews Rating: Taking a break from its UK tour, this critically acclaimed 2007 Journey’s End has set up its dug-out in the Duke of York’s for the summer. Kitchener on the safety curtain, Vaughan Williams for the incoming, but then just the rumble of guns for [...]

Writer: Lee Hall Director: Max Roberts Reviewer: Ian Cain The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Pitmen Painters’ had its first performance at Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 20th September 2007. It opened in the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre on 21st May 2008 and at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway on 14th September 2010, and is now touring [...]

Music: Jeanine Tesori Book/Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire Director: Jason Moore & Rob Ashford Reviewer: Julie Robinson The Public Reviews Rating: Once upon a time, in a theatre down on Drury Lane, a musical called Shrek came to town. Following on from the successful film franchise and a well-received Broadway production, Shrek has inevitably made it over to our shores [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Glen Slater & Charles Hart Book: Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth Director: Jack O’Brien Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: It appears to be the show that has divided critics and audiences firmly down the centre aisle. It is common knowledge that the knives were out for the show before its official [...]

Since opening in the West End in January 2009, Thriller Live has established itself as an enduring franchise, helped in the most unfortunate of circumstances by the death of its subject in Michael Jackson, but providing a tribute to his music and providing a focal point for his many fans, as the mounds of flowers [...]

Book: Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman Music: George Stiles & Anthony Drewe Director: Richard Eyre Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: The war has just ended and the village of Shepardsford in the north of England are learning to cope with even tighter rationing, but the promise of a better and brighter future is just on the [...]