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The Play That Goes Wrong – Darlington Hippodrome
Director: Mark Bell Reviewer: Mark Clegg For a pretty obvious idea so rich in available humour, it’s hard to understand…
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Black Men Walking – Hull Truck Theatre
Writer/Musical Director: Testament Director: Dawn Walton Designer: Simon Kenny Reviewer: Ron Simpson Black Men Walking, now on an extended tour…
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Mamma Mia! – Lyceum, Sheffield
Director: Phyllida Lloyd Resident Director: Nikki Davis Jones Musical Director: Richard Weeden Production Designer: Mark Thompson Reviewer: Charlotte Broadbent Mamma…
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Frost/Nixon – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Writer: Peter Morgan Director: Kate Hewitt Designer: Ben Stones Reviewer: Charlotte Broadbent Frost/Nixon is a colossal undertaking of a play.…
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Cornermen – Shaw Lane Sports Club, Barnsley
Writer: Oli Forsyth Producer: Smoke & Oakum Theatre Sound/Lighting: Joshua Lucas Reviewer: Ron Simpson Red Ladder Theatre’s policy of taking…
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Brighton Rock – Theatre Royal, York
Writer: Graham Greene Adapter: Bryony Lavery Director: Esther Richardson Composer: Hannah Peel Designer: Sara Perks Lighting: Aideen Malone Reviewer: Ron…
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Don Giovanni – The Grand, Leeds
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte Director: Alessandro Talevi Reviewer: Dawn Smallwood Completing the bill of the Fatal Passions season this…
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Hard Times – Viaduct Theatre, Halifax
Writer: Charles Dickens Adapter: Deborah McAndrew Director/Composer: Conrad Nelson Designer: Dawn Allsopp Musical Director: Rebekah Hughes Reviewer: Ron Simpson Northern…
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Northern Stage, Newcastle
Reviewer: Mark Clegg Even before coming to the attention of the general public in the 1980s with the TV show…
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A Tiger’s Tale – Pocklington Arts Centre
Writer: Mike Kenny Director: Gilly Baskeyfield Music: James Atherton Designer: Joss Matzen Reviewer: Ron Simpson Playwright Mike Kenny and M6…
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