Category: Stephen Sondheim

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Preview: Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory

“Angry men don’t write the rules and guns don’t right the wrongs” The season to be jolly…

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Saturday afternoon music treats

Rebecca Caine – So In Love/Losing My Mind   I missed Caine’s cabaret turn but I was…

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Review: Into The Woods, Ye Olde Rose and Crown

“The way is clear The light is good”  Last night I saw some great fringe Sondheim and late last…

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Review: Sweeney Todd, Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop

“Did you come here for a pie sir?” Tucked away in an unassuming side street in Tooting,…

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Review: Sweeney Todd, Twickenham Theatre

“Everybody goes down well with beer” Issues of local provision aside, does London really need any more…

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Review: Marry Me A Little, St James Theatre

“Who needs Albert Schweitzer when the lights are low” Just a (relative) quickie for this as I…

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Review: Pacific Overtures, Union Theatre

“Reviewing it from where we sit, the facts are irrefutable”  Many of Stephen Sondheim’s musicals instantly gain…

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Review: Just Another Love Story, London Theatre Workshop

“Pardon me, is everybody here? Because if everybody’s here, I want to thank you all for coming…

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2014 Laurence Olivier Awards winners

Best New Play  Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood – Almeida / Harold Pinter 1984 by George Orwell, adapted…