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Young Frankenstein
03 May
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Christian Durham

Review: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at the Garrick Theatre

Young Frankenstein YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was originally a movie written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks back in the 1970s. A highly successful spoof of the B movie horror films that were filled with monsters running amok, angry village mobs with burning torches in hand, baying for blood and protagonists trying to manipulate death.

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Chess
02 May
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Phil Willmott

Review: CHESS at the London Coliseum

Chess There's an old theatrical adage, the clean version of which goes, “You can't polish a dud but you can roll it in glitter" and oh, the glitter wrapped around the first ever revival of rock musical CHESS currently enjoying a limited run at the London Coliseum.

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Absolute Hell - Photo by Johan Persson
27 Apr
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Phil Willmott

Review: ABSOLUTE HELL at the National Theatre

Absolute Hell - Photo by Johan Persson The National Theatre could do with another hit following a few dodgy productions whilst it’s been shored up by recent sure-fire crowd pleasers AMADEUS and FOLLIES.

This isn’t quite it but it’s a near miss, full marks for effort all round, and it’s well worth a long evening of your time.

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Our Country's Good
27 Apr
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Stuart King

Review: OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD at the Theatre Royal Stratford East

Our Country's Good As supplies dwindle, a newly appointed New South Wales Governor is under pressure from his marines to maintain discipline among the convicts. He wrestles with his decision to allow a young lieutenant to direct a play to boost morale and keep their charges occupied.

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Strictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan Persson
26 Apr
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Hugh Wooldridge

Review: Baz Luhrmann’s STRICTLY BALLROOM The Musical at The Piccadilly Theatre

To create a great musical, all the stars in the creative firmament have to align: all the artistic and technical departments in a collaborative art-form involving, perhaps, a hundred people, have to coalesce as one. This they did at the Piccadilly Theatre on Tuesday night though, strictly speaking, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical is not a musical, it is a heavily disguised play with music.

Strictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan PerssonStrictly Ballroom London - PERHAPS PERHAPS - photo by Johan Persson

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