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A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young Vic
26 Feb
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Nastazja Domaradzka

Review: A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING at The Young Vic

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing - Young Vic After its premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival and its highly acclaimed run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, this theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s debut and gripping novel A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING arrives at The Young Vic. It is one of the most important and urgent productions you will see.

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The Encounter
25 Feb
Reviews
Harriet Grenville

Review: THE ENCOUNTER at the Barbican Theatre

The Encounter The theatre company Complicite are known for their dedication to long periods of research and wide reach of collaboration, to devise innovative, imaginative theatre and THE ENCOUNTER, Simon McBurney’s latest offering currently playing at the Barbican, is no exception.

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Jeff Wayne's musical version of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
25 Feb
Reviews
Davor Golub

Review: Jeff Wayne's musical version of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS at the Dominion Theatre

Jeff Wayne's musical version of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS Well SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER has finally met its match! I have sat through some duff shows at the Dominion Theatre but this one takes the cake. Anyone remember David Cassidy as an intergalactic warrior in TIME acting along with a 3-D hologram of Lord Olivier’s head? Well, the hologram is back. However this time it is Liam Neeson and we’ve progressed to a whole body hologram.

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Norma - English National Opera
25 Feb
Reviews
Kit Benjamin

Review: NORMA at English National Opera

Norma - English National Opera Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini, belongs to a school of opera known as Bel Canto which, to translate somewhat freely, could be said to mean “it’s all about the singing”. Some of the music can be a bit humdrum and the plots bizarre, but the pulses of the opera-loving public are set racing so frantically by the dazzling vocal firework displays that we are prepared to forgive almost anything. Luckily.

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Motown The Musical
25 Feb
Reviews
Hugh Wooldridge

Review: MOTOWN at the Shaftesbury Theatre

Motown The Musical While we here in Britain were listening to The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Cliff Richard and The Shadows, most of America was listening to the extraordinary output and music of Berry Gordy, the founder and owner of the (Tamla) Motown label.

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