Tag: Gavin Spokes

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Review: Against, Almeida Theatre

    For Against     Amanda Hale being excellent in an all-too-rare excursion to the stage…

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Review: Carousel, London Coliseum

“The crowd of doubtin’ Thomases Was predictin’ that the summer’d never come” The English National Opera have…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Brexited Review: Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre

What a collection of Guys and Dolls eh Rebel Wilson is actually hugely successful as Miss Adelaide,…

Posted in Musicals Theatre West End

Re-review: Guys and Dolls, Phoenix Theatre

“Follow the fold and stray no more” In the merry-go-round of theatres and shows and transfers and…

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2016 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations

Best New Play  Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen – Duke of York’s Hangmen by…

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Review: Guys and Dolls, Savoy Theatre

“Let’s keep the party polite” In the absence of a long-runner, the Savoy Theatre has becoming something…

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Review: The Iliad Online, Almeida/Live-stream

“You can’t kill me I can’t ever die” After three weeks away, all my initial thoughts were…

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Review: 1984, Headlong at Richmond Theatre

“You may as well say goodbye” For a novel written in 1949, it is remarkable how much…

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Review: She Stoops to Conquer, National Theatre

“Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no fibs” Oliver Goldsmith’s 18th century comedy She Stoops…