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- Heather Bloom
Written by legendary screenwriter Julian Fellows (Downton Abbey, Gosford Park) and with music from the original film as well as more recent additions, this production is practically perfect in every way.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Tucked into the Dragon Gallery of the Chinese Museum, House of the Heart is a different sort of cabaret show to what Finucane & Smith generally deliver.
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- Doug Knight
Slava’s Snowshow is not just a love letter to the theatre but a resume outlining the possible.
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- Doug Knight
Given the extraordinary achievements of this incredible tennis player, it felt equally extraordinary to feel her life somehow diluted because writer and director Andrea James never quite goes for it.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Emme Hoy wrote the script of Monsters during lockdown, when the world was extremely uncertain, and nobody knew what theatre would look like on the other side.
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- Heather Bloom
It’s the kind of play an actor dreams of. This two-hander by author Rajiv Joseph is dark, gritty, kind, gentle, devastating, and hopeful.
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- Simon Piening
Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas ghost story comes to life in this new Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol.
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- Stephanie Glickman
By the time students graduate NICA (National Institute of Circus Arts) they have a unique skill set, sell-able on the circus circuit. The 2022 final years are no exception. Even with COVID lockdowns, they have honed their physical acts to a professional level.
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This Old Vic Production by Jack Thorne gives the Muppets a run for their money.
Just like the source material, this is a morality tale, a fantasy to reflect dysfunction, rectify disappointment and repair disillusion but legacy and intergenerational grief are tenacious task masters.