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Reviews
Manchester Collective. Lakeside, Nottingham, 19 March 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Exhilarating, cutting-edge music-making.”
Photo Credit: Nabihah Iqbal
Calamity Jane, Birmingham Hippodrome, 18 March 2025, until 22 March 2025, then touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A whip smart revival of a copper-bottomed classic.”
DRACULA – A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. The Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 3 May 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Frightfully funny.”
Photo Credit: Matt Crockett.
The Washing Line, Rayne Theatre at Chickenshed, 290 Chase Side, London, until 5th April 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Mary-Ellen Dyson.
“As profoundly disturbing as it intends to be.”
Photo credit: Steve Gregson.
Edward II: Christopher Marlow, RSC @ The Swan, Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 1h 40m, no interval, till 05/04/25, 3****Review: Roderick Dungate, AD Performance, 15 March 2025.
“Bold, but bruised.”
Photo Credit: Helen Murray.
Apollo’s Cabinet. Lakeside, Nottingham. 13 March 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“An evening of musical delights from the court of King Frederick the Great.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside
Cry-Baby - The Musical. Book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan. Based on the film by John Walters. The Arcola, Ashwin Street, London 2025, 06 March -to 12 April, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Bursting with energy.”
Photo Credit: Charlie Flint.
The Habits by Jack Bradfield. Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, Eton Avenue, London NW3 until 5 April 2025., 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Game show.”
Photo Credit: Genevieve Girling.
Punk Off – The Sounds of Punk and New Wave. The Dominion Theatre, 268 Tottenham Court Road, London W1. 09 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A Remembrance Sunday.”
Photo Credit: Punk Off.
Hamlet: William Shakespeare, RSC @ RST, Stratford Upon Avon, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Roderick Dungate, AD Performance 8 March 2025.
“Top Notch Team, Top Notch Production.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Sinfonia Viva. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 07 March 2025, 4✩✩✩✩, Review: William Ruff.
“Fine playing, insightful conducting and some unusual repertoire.”
Photo Credit: Royal Concert Hall
Dear Martin by Madeleine Brettingham. The Arcola theatre, 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 to 29 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Hilarious but scary.”
Photo Credit: Charlie Flint Photography 6888.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Lyric Theatre, King Street, Hammersmith, London 06 to 29 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Hugely entertaining.”
Photo Credit: Richard Lakos.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Birmingham Hippodrome, 04 March 2025 until 09 March 2025, then on tour, 3☆☆☆. Review: David Gray and Paul Gray.
“A show that has moments of sheer magic – and where the car is the star.”
White Rose – the musical. Book and Lyrics by Brian Belding, Music by Natalie Brice. Marylebone Theatre, 35 Park Road, London NW1 until 13 April 2025, 1☆. Review: William Russell.
“Absolutely awful .”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne. Park 90, `3 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 until 20 March 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“An affecting tale.”
Photo Credit: Danny Kaan.
Ida Pelliccioli (piano). Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, 02 March 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“A recital where planning was as illuminating as execution.”
Photo Credit: Nick Guttridge.
Son of a Bitch, written and performed by Anna Morris, Directed by Madelaine Moore. Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 until 15 March 2025. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“The perils of motherhood.”
Photo Credit: Steve Gregson.
Mary Poppins, Theatre Royal Plymouth until 29 March 2025, 2☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Great production values undone by charmless direction and performances.”
Photo Credit: Danny Kaan.
Too Many Books by Judi Bevan. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate Village, London until 06 March 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Interesting first play.”
Photo Credit: Alex Brenner.