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Black Cat Bohemia
03 Sep
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Hugh Wooldridge

Review: BLACK CAT: BOHEMIA at The Underbelly Festival on London’s Southbank

Black Cat Bohemia In spite of the small size of the venue, the quality of the Black Cat: Bohemia circus skills is great. And at 70 minutes, this is a really fun way to spend part of an evening. Recommended.

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Strictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan Persson
26 Apr
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Hugh Wooldridge

Review: Baz Luhrmann’s STRICTLY BALLROOM The Musical at The Piccadilly Theatre

To create a great musical, all the stars in the creative firmament have to align: all the artistic and technical departments in a collaborative art-form involving, perhaps, a hundred people, have to coalesce as one. This they did at the Piccadilly Theatre on Tuesday night though, strictly speaking, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical is not a musical, it is a heavily disguised play with music.

Strictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan PerssonStrictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan Persson

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The Grinning Man
13 Dec
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Hugh Wooldridge

Preview Report: THE GRINNING MAN at Trafalgar Studios

The Grinning Man Having been widely acclaimed at its debut at the Bristol Old Vic, I saw the second preview of The Grinning Man in its new London home, the Trafalgar Studios.

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The Hound of The Baskervilles
12 Dec
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Hugh Wooldridge

Review: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES at Jermyn Street Theatre

The Hound of The Baskervilles For a pre-Christmas and early January romp, hie thee to The Hound of the Baskervilles at the splendid pocket-sized Jermyn Street Theatre.

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Satori.jpg
09 Dec
Reviews
Hugh Wooldridge

Review: SATORI at the London Coliseum

Satori.jpg People speak of Sergei Polunin with the same awe and reverence given to Rudolph Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is another wunderkind of dance, one who attracts headlines for the unorthodox. He is also no stranger to performing in different media, most recently as Count Andrenyi in Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express.

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