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Review Roundup: THE TEMPEST at Shakespeare's Globe
by Review Roundups - May 03, 2013
Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this perfidious brother and his confederates on the island, his long contemplated revenge at last seems within reach. (more...)
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Review Roundup: RSC's AS YOU LIKE IT
by Review Roundups - Apr 29, 2013
The Royal Shakespeare Company's AS YOU LIKE IT opened at Stratford's Royal Shakespeare Theatre on 24 April 2013. Featuring music from the English folk musician Laura Marling, and directed by Maria Aberg, the play follows Rosalind and Orlando, who are banished by the French court and flee to the Forest of Arden; finding romance, mischief and anarchy. As You Like It runs in rep until 28 September 2013. (more...)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber On Sunday's ITV Special, STEPHEN WARD & SUPERSTAR
by Pat Cerasaro - Mar 27, 2013
Theatrical titan Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber has given a fascinating new interview in anticipation of Easter Sunday's 90-minute ITV special salute to the world's most successful composer, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: 40 MUSICAL YEARS, which will feature the world premiere of a brand new tune from his forthcoming biomusical of the same name based on the life of the title character, Britain's notorious STEPHEN WARD. (more...)
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Review Roundup: THE AUDIENCE Starring Helen Mirren
by Review Roundups - Mar 06, 2013
The Audience began previewing at the Gielgud Theatre on 15 February 2013, with press night on 5 March 2013 and is booking to 15 June 2013. Designs are by Bob Crowley with lighting by Rick Fisher, sound by Paul Arditti, music by Paul Englishby and video by Ian William Galloway. (more...)
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Review Roundup: THE JUDAS KISS
by Review Roundups - Jan 23, 2013
Following a hugely acclaimed and record-breaking sell out run at Hampstead Theatre, Neil Armfield's production of David Hare's The Judas Kiss just transferred to the West End. The cast features Rupert Everett and Freddie Fox in the lead roles of Oscar Wilde and Lord AlFred Douglas, performances which won them universal acclaim, they are joined by Cal Macaninch in the role of Robert Ross. The cast also includes Ben Hardy, Kirsty Oswald, Alister Cameron and Tom Colley. (more...)
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Review Roundup: Polly Stenham's NO QUARTER - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - Jan 18, 2013
Polly Stenham's new play No Quarter, premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs on January 16, 2013. No Quarter delves into the relationship between a privileged son, who has left the real world behind, and his mother who has been dragged down with him. The production is directed by Jeremy Herrin with design by Tom Scutt, and runs until 9 February. (more...)
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Review Roundup: IN THE REPUBLIC OF HAPPINESS - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - Dec 18, 2012
Martin Crimp returned to the Royal Court with his new work, 'Republic Of Happiness' which Dominic Cooke directs in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Described as a "violent satire", the production opened on December 6 and features Anna Calder-Marshall, Emma Fielding, Seline Hizli, Ellie Kendrick, Stuart McQuarrie, Paul Ready, Michelle Terry, and Peter Wight. (more...)
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Review Roundup: VIVA FOREVER! Opens in the West End
by Review Roundups - Dec 12, 2012
Producer Judy Craymer presents Viva Forever!, the new musical written by Britain's BAFTA winning writers Jennifer Saunders, (Absolutely Fabulous, French & Saunders) and featuring the multi-million-selling songs of The Spice Girls. The show began previews on 27 November with the official opening last night, 11 December, 2012, at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End. Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)
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Review Roundup: PRIVATES ON PARADE at the Noel Coward Theatre
by Review Roundups - Dec 12, 2012
PRIVATES ON PARADE opened at the Noel Coward Theatre on 10 December and is playing through 2 March 2013. Private Steven Flowers is posted to the Song and Dance Unit in South East Asia where serving under the flamboyant Captain Terri Dennis he discovers it takes more than just a uniform to become a man. (more...)
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Review Roundup: THE BODYGUARD Musical Opens in London
by Review Roundups - Dec 06, 2012
Heather Headley and Lloyd Owen lead the cast in new musical The Bodyguard, directed by Thea Sharrock. Other cast members include Debbie Kurup, Mark Letheren, Ray Shell, Nicolas Colicos, Mark McKerracher, Sean Chapman, David Page and Oliver Le Sueur. They are joined by Luis Buddy, Caius Duncombe, Jayden Fowora Knight, Kwame Kandekore, Taylor Lockhart and Malakai Paul who will share the role of Fletcher, Rachel Marron's young son. Ensemble members are Nigel Barber, Jordan Darrell, Yasmin Harrison, Shanay Holmes, Holly James, Robert Jezek, Melissa Keyes, Gil Kolirin, Janet Kumah, Nick Maude, Richard Murphy, Gloria Onitiri, Ashley J Packer, Dharmesh Patel, Lucinda Shaw, Paul Smethurst, Charlotte Watts and James Wooldridge. (more...)
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Review Roundup: KISS ME, KATE at the Old Vic - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - Nov 29, 2012
Trevor Nunn directs the Old Vic production of KISS ME, KATE, with Music and lyrics by Cole Porter and Book by Sam and Bella Spewack, which performed in London 20 November.
Choreography is provided by Stephen Mear for a cast that includes Alex Bourne, David Burt, Adam Garcia, Clive Rowe and Hannah Waddingham. (more...)
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Review Roundup: THE MAGISTRATE
by Review Roundups - Nov 23, 2012
John Lithgow stars in the title role opposite Nancy Carroll in The National Theatre revival of Arthur Wing Pinero's THE MAGISTRATE at the NT Oliver. With his louche air and a developed taste for smoking, gambling, port and women, it's hard to believe Cis Farringdon is only fourteen. And that's because he isn't. Agatha his mother lopped five years from her true age and his when she married the amiable Posket. (more...)
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