Review: OLIVER!, Chichester Festival Theatre
Matthew Bourne brings sensational dance routines to the stage, adding a cherry to the cake of one of the greatest scores in musical theatre history
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Review: IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA / PAGLIACCI, Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park delivers two short pieces - an ideal introduction to the form's unique capacity to bring emotional weight to any story
Review: THE LOST LIONESSES, The Space Arts Centre
The struggle to establish women's football in the UK told through the eyes of those who defied the establishment to play in a world cup in Mexico
Review: NEW VIEWS FESTIVAL 2024, National Theatre
Luke Fields and Emyr Strudwick take honours with plays set in Northern Ireland and South Wales
Review: YOUR LIE IN APRIL, Harold Pinter Theatre
A show that could go very wrong gets everything right
Review: SPARKS, Jack Studio Theatre
Emma Riches and Lisa Minichiello give committed performances, but the play is short on the narrative drive required to carry its issues
Review: EDGAR, Opera Holland Park
A curious opera that is beautiful and ugly all at once
Review: KISS ME, KATE, Barbican Theatre
Adrian Dunbar is the starriest of a starry cast, but lacks the specific experience required to lead the show to its fullest potential
Review: MY FAIR LADY, Leeds Playhouse
Two terrific leads will delight audiences, but the source material's misogyny proves too much to simply sweep aside
Review: HOUDINI'S GREATEST ESCAPE, King's Head Theatre
New comedies are hard to get right and often land in a highly subjective space, but this one has to be called out as a bit of a dud
Review: THE BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, National Theatre
It's not a seamless transition from screen to stage, but it works well enough and, sadly, it still resonates with a truth albeit in a very different world
Review: TOSCA, Opera Holland Park
Opera Holland Park open the season with a faithful revival of a much loved classic
Review: L'OLIMPIADE, Royal Opera House
Irish National Opera bring a touring production to London in what might prove to be a show for the purists
Review: THE HOUSE PARTY, Chichester Festival Theatre
Superb performances anchor a hurtling rollercoaster of a play that will live long in the memory of anyone who sees it.
Interview: STEF O'DRISCOLL on Fair Play, a Major New Initiative to Tackle Socio-Economic Inequity in Theatre
Fair Play aims to increase the participation of working class people in Theatre.
Review: WHAT THE BUTLER SAW, Theatre Royal Windsor
Landmark show creaks at the edges, but gets its share of laughs in this highly accomplished touring show
Interview: I Count My Lucky Stars Every Day': Actor ZACHARY MILLER on Life in the Ensemble of THE BOOK OF MORMON
We see them in minor parts and in the background on stage, and they're always first at the curtain call.
Review: MACHINAL, The Old Vic
Given the emotional investment required on stage and in the stalls, one feels somewhat shortchanged by a production that invites sympathy for a character with few redeeming features
Review: FIVE NEW SHORT PLAYS, Jack Studio Theatre
A mixed bag of productions united by wonderful acting and committed writing
Feature: A Day at The National Youth Music Theatre
Practice-based learning lives on as the stars of the future are created
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