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Brexit - King's Head Theatre
02 Nov
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Nicola Wright

Review: BREXIT at The King's Head Theatre

Brexit - King's Head Theatre BREXIT, the play premiered at this years Edinburgh festival, and with its bold simple title, and a subject matter as current and controversial as Brexit this London production is certain to sell out Audiences who go hoping for some new insight or clarity, as yet unexplained to the public, will come out none the wiser, because, like the Brexit debate itself, there is no simple solution.

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Natalie Simpson in Honour at Park Theatre
31 Oct
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Stuart King

Review: HONOUR at Park Theatre

Natalie Simpson in Honour at Park Theatre Henry Goodman leads a company of four in Park Theatre’s latest offering - Joanna Murray-Smith’s 1995 play HONOUR - which effectively demonstrates that a strongly written script always retains emotional currency.

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Stories - National Theatre
19 Oct
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Phil Willmott

Review: STORIES at the National Theatre

Stories - National Theatre Playwright and director Nina Raine is extraordinarily talented, almost everything she writes and/or stages seems to attract awards and acclaim like a magnet. Her last major piece CONSENT transferred from the National Theatre to the West End and was a searing, funny and poignant mating dance to rival anything by Strindberg, Chekhov or Ibsen.

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The Inheritance - Part II
18 Oct
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Phil Willmott

Review: THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre

The Inheritance - Part II The West End now has TWO era defining productions in what’s shaping up to be a golden year for London Theatre. And both shows opened in the last ten days!

You can read about Marianne Elliot’s triumphant re-conception of Stephen Sondheim’s musical COMPANY here but if plays are your thing you really need to catch THE INHERITANCE at the Noel Coward Theatre.

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Gavin Spokes (Harry), Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), and Mel Giedroyc (Sarah) in COMPANY
18 Oct
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Phil Willmott

Review: COMPANY at the Gielgud Theatre

As we predicted the modernised version of Sondheim’s 1970s musical COMPANY has enjoyed a triumphant opening night and a raft of five star reviews approving of the radical step of changing the central character (usually Bobby) to a female one (now Bobbie).

Gavin Spokes (Harry), Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), and Mel Giedroyc (Sarah) in COMPANY Gavin Spokes (Harry), Rosalie Craig (Bobbie), and Mel Giedroyc (Sarah) in COMPANY.

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