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Reviews
WILKO – Love and death and rock'n roll by Jonathan Maitland. Southwark Playhouse, the Large, 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 to 19 April 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Rocky horror show.”
Photo Credit: Mark Sepple.
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.
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.
Summer 1954 – Table Number 9 & The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. Richmond Theatre, 1 Little Green, Richmond TW9 to 01 February 2025 & on tour, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Finely acted Rattigan double bill.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
Twelfth Night: William ShakespeareRoyal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Stratford Upon AvonRuns: 2h 55m; one interval, till 18 January 2025,4☆☆☆☆. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Unruly and Sensitive.”
Photo Credit: Helen Murray.
Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Sunday 17 November 2024, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A solid concert of well-known music with an exciting young pianist.”
Reykjavik by Richard Bean. Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London until 23 November 2024, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Powerful and finely played.”
Photo Credit: Mark Douet.
Brahms 2, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham 10 October 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A thrilling piece by Thomas Adès, contrasting nicely with some more familiar fare.”
As You Like It by William Shakespeare, RSC at Holloway Garden Theatre until 01 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“A Sparkling Change.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Bruckner 7, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 25 April 2024. 5✩✩✩✩✩ David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A mighty interpretation and performance of a mighty symphony by Anton Bruckner.”
Photo Credit: Jenny Bestwick
High Society – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter. Book by Arthur Kopit. The Mill at Sonning, Sonning Eye, Reading RG4 to 20 January 2024. 3***: William Russell.
“Musical fare for Christmas more Turkey than Plum Pudding.”
Photo Credit : Andreas Lambos.
42nd Street, Theatre Royal Plymouth until 12 August, 2023 and touring. 4**** : Cormac Richards
Top-tapping tunes and superb dancing but something missing!
The Lion King, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham, 13 July, 2023. In Birmingham until 16 September, 2023. 5*****: David Gray & Paul Gray
‘A stunning spectacle with a full and rich human heart.’