Tag: Lucy Speed

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TV Review: Becoming Elizabeth (Season 1)

A cast full of my faves makes Becoming Elizabeth highly watchable – shame it’s been cancelled! “You…

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Review: Steel Magnolias, Richmond Theatre

A brilliantly cast makes for a wonderfully perky and poignant Steel Magnolias at Richmond Theatre and then…

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Shows to look forward to in 2023

As usual, my 2023 theatre preview looks a little beyond the big names hitting the West End…

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News: Steel Magnolias to tour the UK in 2023

Steel Magnolias, the hilarious and heart-warming play based on a true story, which enjoyed huge global success…

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TV Review: Silent Witness Series 21

Series 21 of Silent Witness is an absolute corker, some of its strongest work in years as…

Posted in TV Unforgotten

TV Review: Unforgotten, Series 4

Don’t read on if you haven’t finished Series 4 of Unforgotten for major spoilers are within  “We…

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TV Review: Unforgotten Series 4 Episode 1

Just a brief reminder really that one of the TV highlights of the year (cos it will…

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TV Review: Liar Series 2

Series 2 of Liar shifts the focus from rape to murder but does little to raise this…

Posted in Film Tom Stoppard

Film Review: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

“Theatre is the handmaiden of the devil” With a theatrical version of Shakespeare in Love about to…