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The Girls
26 Feb
Reviews
Christian Durham

Review: THE GIRLS at the Phoenix Theatre

The Girls Tim Firth has completed the writing triple. A successful film, a popular play and now a musical based on the inspiring story of Yorkshire’s Rylstone & District Women’s Institute.

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Twelfth Night
25 Feb
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at the National Theatre

Twelfth Night It's a time for star led Shakespeare. Next week I'm looking forward to seeing Andrew Scott as Hamlet at the Almeida (despite the news that it's running at 4 hours 10 minutes!) but nipping in before him is TV and stage star Tamsin Grieg who's starring as Malvolia in TWELFTH NIGHT at the National Theatre.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
25 Feb
News
Phil Willmott

The West Ends new Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a revelation

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Tonight it was my privilege to watch the great actors Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill take their first stab at performing Edward Albee's masterpiece of marital disfunction , WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF in front of a London audience.

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The Wild Party
24 Feb
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: THE WILD PARTY at The Other Palace

The Wild Party This production of musical WILD PARTY is an extraordinary achievement by Paul Taylor Mills, an ambitious young producer and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s choice to Artistic Direct The Other Palace (formally the St James Theatre) which is to become a home for new and recent musicals.

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SHOWSTOPPER
20 Feb
News
Phil Willmott

Happy 800th performance to Showstoppers

SHOWSTOPPER On this site, a year or so ago I got very effusive about SHOWSTOPPERS, the group who improvised a different full length new musical at every single performance based on suggestions of subject, style and content from the audience.

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