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Bad Jews
10 Jun
Casts
London Box Office

Joshua Harmon’ BAD JEWS cast announced for West End return

Bad Jews A talented young company is due to make their West End debut in Joshua Harmon's hugely popular comedy, Bad Jews. It returns to the Arts Theatre in London for an 11 week run from Thursday 14th July. Daphna Feygenbaum is a ‘real’ Jew with an Israeli boyfriend to prove it. When her cousin Liam brings home his non-Jewish girlfriend Melody, and announced he now owns his granddad’s necklace, the massive row that ensues quickly becomes hilarious.

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The Convert
10 Jun
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: THE CONVERT, Above the Stag Theatre (Vauxhall)

The Convert Taken to The Facility, an institution for corrective measures which exists in an unspecified future time and place, we learn how two inmates Alix and Marcus undergo curative therapy and hope to avoid being sent to the Other Place from which no-one ever returns.

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The Tony Musical
08 Jun
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: TONY! THE TONY BLAIR ROCK OPERA at Park Theatre

Park Theatre has achieved something of a coup in landing TONY! which was the hot ticket among the theatre Press corps on Wednesday evening, mainly due to the involvement of comedian Harry Hill who has provided the book.

The Tony Musical Kaye Brown, Charlie Baker and Gary Trainor in Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] at Park Theatre. Photo by Mark Douet.

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The Rite of Spring - Sadler's Wells
08 Jun
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: THE RITE OF SPRING at Sadler’s Wells

Pina Bausch’s ground-breaking 1975 choreography for Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring has remained intact but here, embodied by a new generation of dancers assembled from various African countries, it has taken on an ecological urgency all its own.

The Rite of Spring - Sadler's WellsThe Rite of Spring at Sadler's Wells.

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Starcrossed - Wilton's Music Hall
08 Jun
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: STARCROSSED at Wilton’s Music Hall

The quintessentially dilapidated historical charm that is Wilton’s Music Hall in East London, plays host to Rachel Garnet’s widely acclaimed play Starcrossed in which she poaches Shakespeare’s supporting characters Mercutio and Tybalt (from Romeo and Juliet) as her male leads in a tale of their own secret and forbidden love. It premiered during NYC’s 2018 Fringe and subsequently reappeared for a short run in Washington DC in 2019. This marks its London debut.

Starcrossed - Wilton's Music HallStarcrossed at Wilton’s Music Hall. Photo by Pamela Raith.

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