Book, Music & Lyrics: Beth Hyland Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: May Mellstrom Hosting the world premiere of a new musical is an exciting and ambitious choice from Artistic Director Lotte Wakeham, particularly when the musical is a contemporary adaptation of Chekhov’s late 19th Century classic The Seagull. It sounds an unlikely fit and yet the themes of the original remain; ...
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Writer: Jonathan Maitland Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Stephen Bates Popping into a nearby bookmaker’s shop on the way to the opening night of Jonathan Maitland’s new play, a quick check of the odds reveals that Boris Johnson is the current favourite to fill the impending vacancy for the job of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister. This news adds urgency to ...
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Writer: Zoe Cooper Director: Lotte Wakeham Designer: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting: Tigger Johnson Composer and Sound: Andy Graham Reviewer: Ron Simpson It’s not really surprising that Zoe Cooper’s play earned her the reward of Most Promising Playwright in the Off-West End Awards a year or two ago. It appears slight – and is so in terms of length, cast size and ...
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Writer: Amelia Bullmore Director: Lotte Wakeham Designer: Frankie Bradshaw Lighting: Jason Taylor Sound: Paul Stear Reviewer: Ron Simpson Di and Viv and Rose is what it says – it’s about Di and Viv and Rose. They are the only three characters: Amelia Bullmore cleverly makes us know others without actually seeing them. Rose’s irritatingly generous stepfather or one of her ...
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Book: Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys In Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy’s Wonderland, their take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice is now a 40-year-old divorcée. After a particularly bad day: lost her job, car stolen, ex-husband about to get re-married (you get the picture), the White ...
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Book: Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Matt Forrest Wonderland sees the characters from the Lewis Carroll tales of Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass given a modern day make over with a political message to boot. Alice (Kerry Ellis) is now a 40-year-old single mum with all manner ...
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Book: Gregory Boyd & Jack Murphy Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Chris Oldham With stage adaptations of fairy tales featuring heavily in the landscape of musical theatre, it’s perhaps surprising that a show based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has, for the most part, yet to make an impact. Director Lotte Wakeham, and musician ...
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Book: Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (from the works of Lewis Caroll) Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Jack Murphy Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: James Garrington If you come to see Wonderland hoping for something profound with well-rounded characters, you are in the wrong place. There is a moral, a lesson to take away – but more than anything it’s a lot ...
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