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Sunset Boulevard
11 Apr
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD at the London Coliseum

Sunset Boulevard Two words: treat yourself!

This sumptuous, Rolls Royce presentation of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s more popular musicals of recent decades is the 2nd in a series of concert presentations from the GradeLinnit Company in Association with English National Opera.

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X The Play - Royal Court
11 Apr
Reviews
Nastazja Domaradzka

Review: X at The Royal Court

X The Play - Royal Court Alistair McDowall’s PONOMA was one of the most talked about productions of 2014. McDowall’s new piece “X” premiers at The Royal Court and the Yorkshire playwright once more creates a vivid world of dystopia and fear, this time by setting the action in a futuristic space base orbiting around Pluto. Yet despite McDowall’s imaginative writing, which raises questions about the fate of human kind, Vicky Featherstone’s production of “X” is one that audiences will either love or hate.

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Jersey Boys London
10 Apr
Reviews
Stacey Tyler

Review: JERSEY BOYS at Piccadilly Theatre

Jersey Boys London After 8 years in the West End, Jersey Boys is still a perfect night out. As soon as the lights go down you are taken on a whirlwind journey through the life and times of one of the greatest bands of all time: Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

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How The Other Half Loves
09 Apr
Reviews
Phil Sealey

Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES at the Haymarket Theatre

How The Other Half Loves Alan Ayckbourn's HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES is a very good play. A comedy of manners, we are presented with an upper middle class couple, The Fosters, a lower middle class couple, The Phillips and the Featherstones, a timid couple that sit somewhere in between. Much of the action concerns the interplay of these couples and their social differences in how they deal with their wives and the wives of others when rumours of marital dalliances abound.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber
04 Apr
News
Phil Willmott

Andrew Lloyd Webber is as busy as ever

Andrew Lloyd Webber The UK’s Greatest living theatre composer shows no signs of slowing down after five decades at the top.

In a recent interview his regular lyricist, Don Black, has revealed plans are afoot to revamp ALW’s latest flop STEPHEN WARD with the addition of new songs and there are still hope that a newly conceived Australian production of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sequel, LOVE NEVER DIES, will come to the UK.

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