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Mamma Mia! – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Music & Lyrics: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Book: Catherine Johnson Director: Phyllida Lloyd Reviewer: Clare White There can be…
Read More »Black Men Walking – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Writer: Testament Director: Dawn Walton Reviewer: James Garrington “We walked England before the English.” Trevor, Matthew and Richard like walking…
Read More »Kanada – Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
Writer and Director: Nathalie Bazán Reviewer: Selwyn Knight We are in Auschwitz. Crushed people stagger by, trying to survive its horrors.…
Read More »Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella – Birmingham Hippodrome
Director and Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Music: Sergei Prokofiev Reviewer: John Kennedy Teenage orphan girl is forced into unpaid domestic labour…
Read More »Brief Encounter – The HOUSE, Birmingham REP
Writer: Noël Coward, adapted by Emma Rice Director: Emma Rice Reviewer: Selwyn Knight David Lean’s 1945 film, Brief Encounter, scripted…
Read More »Hedda Gabler – Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Writer: Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Patrick Marber Director: Ivo van Hove Reviewer: Dave Smith Barely home from her honeymoon with…
Read More »The Play That Goes Wrong – Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Writers: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields Director: Mark Bell Reviewer: Scott Matthewman It is unusual enough for a fringe…
Read More »Of Mice and Men – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Writer: John Steinbeck Director: Guy Unsworth Reviewer: Maggie Constable One of the most powerful pieces of story-telling in American literature,…
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