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Reviews
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em by Guy Unsworth. Barn Theatre, Cirencester until 17 August 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Cormac Richards.
“This production is brilliant!”
Party Piece by Richard Harris. Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth until 27 July 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A bucketful of laughs.”
Photo Credit: Jason Marc-Williams.
School for Scandal: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, RSC at RST, Stratford Upon Avon, until 22 August 2024, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Intelligent, witty, funny, flawed (but not fatally).”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Mrs Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 408 Brockley Road, London until 20 July 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Solid but mistakenly updated production.”
Photo Credit: Shaw 2020
Hay Fever by Noel Coward, Manor Pavilion Theatre Sidmouth, 01-06 July 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A treat from start to finish.”
Photo Credit: Andrew Beckett.
The Baker’s Wife. Book by Joseph Stein. Music & Lyrics by Stephen SDcwartz. The Menier Chocolate Factory, 53 Southwark Street, London until 14 September 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Rowe and Jones soar but show as flat as a pancake.”
Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton.
Dorian the musical. Book by Linnie Reedman. Music & Lyrics by Joe Evans. Southwark Playhouse, the Large, 77 Newington Causeway, London until 10 August 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Absolutely bonkers but a great gay night out.”
Photo Credit: Danny Kaan.
Kyoto: Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, RSC, The Swan, 4✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“Thought provoking, multi-layered, irritating, sometimes lacks clarity.”
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
The Trumpeter by Inna Goncharova. The Finborough Theatre. 118 Finborough Road, London until 03 August 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Surviving in Mariupol.”
Photo Credit: Davor Tavorlaza @ The Ocular Creative.
The Merry Wives of Windsor: William Shakespeare RSC, Stratford Upon Avon, runs until 07 September 2024, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: Roderick Dungate.
“The play may creak a bit, but the production never ever does.”
Party Games! Malvern Theatres 25 to 29 June 2024 and UK tour, 2✩✩. Review: Hannah Phillips.
“Brexit, Covid, dismantling the NHS, sexism and micro-aggressions are just not funny!”
Photo Credit: Jason Callender.
The Valentine Letters by Steve Darlow based on Gepruft by Frances Zagni. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 408 Brockley Road, London until 22 June 2024, 3✩✩✩. Review: William Russell.
“Moving look at a world long gone.”
Photo Credit: Sean Strange.
Joe Carstairs by Franka Figueiredo & Krysia Mansfield. The Omnibus Theatre, Clapham Common North Side, London SW4 to 22 June 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Rediscovering a rebel who did it their way.”
Photo Credit: Henri T.
Dinner by Moira Buffini, Kay House Duryard, Exeter University. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review: Cormac Richards
“As good a production of a play I will see all year”
Photo Credit: Ophelia Fellhauer.
Suite in Three Keys by Noel Coward. The Orange Tree, 1 Clarence Street, Richmond, London TW1 to 20 July 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Three Coward plays resurrected and stylishly played.”
Photo Credit: Steve Gregsom.
The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini. Southwark Plahouse, the Little. 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 to 22 June 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“The blackest of black comedies.”
Photo Credit: Lidia Crisafulli.
Budda of Suburbia: Adapted by Hanif Kureishi and Emma Rice, from the novel by Hanif Kureishi, RSC, The Swan, Stratford Upon Avon. 5✩✩✩✩✩ Review : Roderick Dungate.
“Marvellous adaptation of a superb novel.”
Photo Credit: Steve Tanner.
Sauna Boy by Dan Ireland-Reeves. The Stage Door Theatre, Prince of Wales Pub, 150 Drury Lane, London WC2 to 01 June 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Steamy goings on in Drury Lane.”
Bluets by Margaret Perry based on the book by Maggie Nelson. The Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Downstairs, Sloan Square, London SW1 to 29 June 2024. 3✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“An impressive if occasionally baffling start for the new regime.”
Photo Credit : Camilla Greenwell.
That Girl vs The World by George Lester. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 408 Brockley Road, London SE4 to 31 May 2024. 4✩✩✩✩ Review: William Russell.
“Passion and power.”
Photo Credit: JLA Productions.