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Outlying Islands by David Greig - King's Head Theatre, Islington. 3 *** William Russell
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Outlying Islands by David Greig - King's Head Theatre, Islington. 3 *** William Russell

Two twitchers end up on a remote Scottish island which the Government plan to use as a place to text anthrax - it is 1939. There to look at the birds and the island and report back they emncounter  the only two inhabitants, a cantankerous old man and his repressed niece. One thing leads to another as the girl comes between the boys and the birds.

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Aspects of Love - Southwark Playhouse, London - 3*** William Russell
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Aspects of Love - Southwark Playhouse, London - 3*** William Russell

Famously lampooned by Forbidden Broadway as I Sleep with Everyone, the leading ballad, Love Changes Everything is apparently Lloyd Webber's most successful song. The show is one in which the sexual roundabout involving some far from loveable people gets tedious although director Jonathon O'Boyle does his best with this production which originated at the Hope Mill Theatre Manchester last year.

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