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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
12 Apr
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Second Look: EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE at the Apollo Theatre

Back in November 2017 I reported that this high-spirited musical was the “perfect way to lift the gloom with a reminder of decent British humanity that celebrates the individual spirit”.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Layton Williams as Jamie, Hayley Tamaddon as Miss Hedge & class

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Witness for the Prosecution
11 Apr
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION at London County Hall

Witness for the Prosecution What a brilliant idea director Lucy Bailey and designer William Dudley have had. Simply and cleverly staged in the round this production of Agatha Christie’s vintage courtroom drama makes perfect use of the abandoned council chamber in County Hall.

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Amanda Hadingue and Charlotte Lucas in Top Girls at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson
08 Apr
Reviews
Justin Murray

Review: TOP GIRLS at the National Theatre

Top Girls is widely regarded as Caryl Churchill’s finest play, and in Lyndsey Turner’s rich, maximalist production for the National’s Lyttleton Theatre, it is given perhaps its largest-scale platform ever.

Amanda Hadingue and Charlotte Lucas in Top Girls at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson Amanda Hadingue and Charlotte Lucas in Top Girls at the National Theatre. Photo by Johan Persson

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The Worst Witch
05 Apr
New Shows
Phil Willmott

The Worst Witch Will Spends her Summer Holidays in The West End

The Worst Witch Expect to see witches broomsticks parked outside the Vaudeville Theatre this Summer because from 24 July – 8 September for 60 performances only, younger West End audiences will be able to enjoy a new show that we’re promised will be “filled with original songs, music and magic to charm.

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Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show
05 Apr
New Shows
Phil Willmott

Gaultier’s Folies Bergère Review Comes to London

Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Freak Show Here’s something a little different and an exciting addition to London’s Theatre scene.

Jean Paul Gaultier’s FASHION FREAK SHOW will have its UK Premiere this summer at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall from Tuesday 23 July for 13 performances and we’re promised a “spectacular revue show” exploring “50 years of pop culture through the eyes of fashion’s enfant terrible”.

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