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Jaz Singh Deol, Anoushka Deshmukh, Irfan Shamji, Omar Malik, and Kiran Landa in Marriage Material at Lyric Hammersmith. Photography by Helen Murray
29 May
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Review: MARRIAGE MATERIAL at Lyric Hammersmith

It’s the late 1960s and two teenage Punjabi sisters, part of a close-knit Sikh family in Wolverhampton, learn what it means to be part of a community which is forced to fight for acceptance and respect, whilst never losing sight of its history, traditions, culture and aspirations.

Jaz Singh Deol, Anoushka Deshmukh, Irfan Shamji, Omar Malik, and Kiran Landa in Marriage Material at Lyric Hammersmith. Photography by Helen MurrayJaz Singh Deol, Anoushka Deshmukh, Irfan Shamji, Omar Malik, and Kiran Landa in Marriage Material at Lyric Hammersmith. Photography by Helen Murray

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The cast of The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Pamela Raith
28 May
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Review: THE FROGS at Southwark Playhouse

If it weren’t a Sondheim show, you’d think it the height of pretension that any modern creative would choose to turn a 2,400 year old story by Aristophanes, into a musical.

The cast of The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Pamela RaithThe cast of The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Pamela Raith

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Bessie Carter (Vivie Warren) in Mrs Warren's Profession - credit Johan Persson
27 May
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Review: MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION at Garrick Theatre

George Bernard Shaw it seems, continues to divide opinion. Any revivals of his work invariably elicit strong assertions from those who perceive a throbbing visceral combativeness, whilst others sense only dullness. With Imelda Staunton headlining MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION at the Garrick opposite her real life daughter Bessie Carter, surely this once-banned warhorse from 1893 would draw both critical and box office success?

Bessie Carter (Vivie Warren) in Mrs Warren's Profession - credit Johan PerssonBessie Carter (Vivie Warren) in Mrs Warren's Profession - credit Johan Persson.

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The cast of Little Brother at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photo by Steve Gregson
22 May
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Review: LITTLE BROTHER at Jermyn Street Theatre

In what must count as one of the more unusual pieces of theatre currently available to Londoners, the diminutive subterranean stage at Jermyn Street basks in the russets and orange sand colours of North Africa for a beguiling human interest piece titled LITTLE BROTHER.

The cast of Little Brother at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photo by Steve GregsonThe cast of Little Brother at Jermyn Street Theatre. Photo by Steve Gregson.

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Matthew Seadon-Young as Gordy and Georgina Onuorah as Lulu in Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. (c) Pamela Raith
21 May
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Review: SHUCKED at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

It’s sweet, it’s corny, it’s sweetcorn-y. SHUCKED is just about everything you could want from a rustic, playful musical, nestled amidst the enveloping environs of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Matthew Seadon-Young as Gordy and Georgina Onuorah as Lulu in Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. (c) Pamela RaithMatthew Seadon-Young as Gordy and Georgina Onuorah as Lulu in Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. © Pamela Raith.

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