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Company of Standing at the Sky’s Edge © Johan Persson
29 Feb
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Review: STANDING AT THE SKY’S EDGE at Gillian Lynne Theatre

Set on the once notorious Park Hill Housing Estate in Sheffield, this wonderful musical production is the very essence of community spirit, requiring a dynamic creative group effort during its development stages to reach fruition. The result is a show which literally shines bright at every performance.

Company of Standing at the Sky’s Edge © Johan PerssonCompany of Standing at the Sky’s Edge © Johan Persson

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John Heffernan & Jenna Augen in Nachtland at Young Vic © Ellie Kurtt
28 Feb
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Review: NACHTLAND at Young Vic

Boasting a cast of 6 accomplished performers and a painting purported to be by Hitler, Marius von Mayenburg’s NACHTLAND (with a translation by Mara Zade) is one of those plays which becomes evermore difficult to categorise as one considers the sometimes baffling elements from which it has been constituted. Perhaps… funny satire with considerable potential to trigger, will suffice.

John Heffernan & Jenna Augen in Nachtland at Young Vic © Ellie Kurtt John Heffernan & Jenna Augen in Nachtland at Young Vic © Ellie Kurtt

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The cast of HIR at Park Theatre
23 Feb
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Review: HIR at Park Theatre

Felicity Huffman‘s UK theatre debut as the freakishly controlling Paige in Taylor Mac's touchingly chaotic family drama HIR (pronounced here), serves as consummate lesson in how to effectively secrete a big persona into a small space without eclipsing everyone around you.

The cast of HIR at Park TheatreThe cast of HIR at Park Theatre.

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HADESTOWN, Lyric Theatre, London. Photo credit Marc Brenner
22 Feb
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Review: HADESTOWN at Lyric Theatre

Winner of what now appears to be an overly generous clutch of 8 Tony Awards on Broadway, HADESTOWN by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell has finally made the leap across the pond to London's West End.

HADESTOWN, Lyric Theatre, London. Photo credit Marc BrennerHADESTOWN, Lyric Theatre. Photo credit Marc Brenner

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Joanna Vanderham as Tippi Hedren and Ian Mcneice as Alfred Hitchcock. credit Manuel Harlan
21 Feb
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Review: DOUBLE FEATURE at Hampstead Theatre

John Logan is an experienced American playwright whose screen credits include Gladiator, The Aviator and Skyfall. His previous plays include Peter and Alice, and Red, so it was with a sense of excited anticipation that this reviewer headed to Hampstead Theatre for the press night of DOUBLE FEATURE.

Joanna Vanderham as Tippi Hedren and Ian Mcneice as Alfred Hitchcock. credit Manuel HarlanJoanna Vanderham as Tippi Hedren and Ian Mcneice as Alfred Hitchcock in Double Feature. Credit Manuel Harlan

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