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Posted in Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2013 West End

Review: Once, Phoenix Theatre

“Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice” Unusually for a West End musical, Once gently pulses…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Stephen Sondheim Theatre West End

Re-review: Sweeney Todd, Adelphi Theatre

“There’s no place like London” Last year was undoubtedly a great one for Chichester Festival Theatre’s musicals…

Posted in Almeida Theatre August Strindberg Barbican Theatre Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Gilbert and Sullivan Ivor Novello John Webster Martin Crimp Musicals Not-London Old Vic Theatre Union Theatre West End

Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre

“No denying times is hard sir, even harder than the worst pies in London” This may surprise…

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DVD Review: Les Misérables in concert: The 25th Anniversary

“There’s a reckoning to be reckoned” Forming the culmination of the 25th Anniversary celebrations of Les Misérables…

Posted in Howard Brenton Kiln Theatre Laurence O'Keefe Lyric Hammersmith Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals National Theatre Open Air Theatre Shakespeare's Globe Tennessee Williams Theatre Theatre awards What's On Stage Awards

Winners of the 2011 What’s On Stage Awards

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY WINNER – Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo  Helen McCrory…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Andrew Lloyd Webber Anya Reiss Arthur Miller Barbican Theatre Bruce Norris Chichester Festival Theatre David Greig Donmar Warehouse Howard Brenton John Logan JT Rogers Kiln Theatre Laura Wade Laurence O'Keefe Lynn Nottage Menier Chocolate Factory Musicals National Theatre Nina Raine Noël Coward Old Red Lion Old Vic Open Air Theatre Royal Court Royal Exchange Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Soho Theatre Stephen Sondheim Tamsin Oglesby Tennessee Williams Terence Rattigan Theatre Theatre awards Tom Stoppard Union Theatre Upstairs at the Gatehouse Waterloo East Theatre What's On Stage Awards Young Vic

2011 What’s On Stage Award nominations

THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo  Helen McCrory – The Late…

Posted in Musicals Open Air Theatre Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Review: Into the Woods, Open Air Theatre

“This was just a moment in the woods…” The final show in this year’s season at the…