Writer: Jonathan Maitland Director: Ian Talbot Reviewer: James Garrington Every leader – political or otherwise – should be afraid of their Geoffrey. The Geoffrey in question is Geoffrey Howe, one time Chancellor and Foreign Secretary, and staunch supporter of Margaret Thatcher. Never a political firebrand, and an uneasy speaker, he was a politician who lacked the charisma ever to catch ...
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Director &Co-choreographer: Karen Bruce Choreographers: Karen Bruce, Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone Reviewer: Bethaney Rimmer It won't be long before Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens and suddenly all everyone can think about is just how many sequins did they fit onto that tiny cha-cha-cha outfit, but in the meantime fans of the show can enjoy a brilliant ...
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Director &Co-choreographer: Karen Bruce Co-choreographers: Vincent Simone &Flavia Cacace Reviewer: John Roberts Strictly Come Dancing stars and world tango champions Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have over the past five years brought us the theatrical productions Midnight Tango and Dance ‘Til Dawn both excellent productions in their own right, which beautifully showcased the pair's love of tango and of ...
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Writer: Ira Levin Director: Adam Penford Reviewer: Sharon MacDonald-Armitage There is nothing more exciting than the anticipation of a good old-fashioned thriller and Deathtrap at Salisbury Playhouse lives up to expectations. The plot is surprisingly simple; slightly past his creative best Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl (Kim Wall) has thoughts of murder in order to take credit for a first ...
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Director: Karen Bruce Choreographer: Karen Bruce Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys The Last Tango, the theatrical swan song from much-loved dancing duo Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacaceis more tear-jerking goodbye than a celebratory farewell. A musty attic stores a lifetime's worth of treasured memories. As the dust is blown off, we travel back in time to relive the story of a couple, ...
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Director: Karen Bruce Reviewer: Natasha Hegarty With Strictly Come Dancing fever in full swing, former show favourites Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace take to the stage for their very last show. The Last Tango follows the equally successful Midnight Tango and From Dance ‘til Dawn and this one is beautiful from beginning to end. The fiery Latin dances lend ...
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Book: Douglas Carter Beane Music and Lyrics: Jeff Lynne and John Farrar Director: Paul Warwick Griffin Reviewer: Daniel Stuart With writers and composers in search of a story to bring the next “mega musical” to the fore, how can a show based on a frankly terrible, flop of a movie from the 1980s about a painter and his muse, clashing ...
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Book: Joe DiPietro Director/Choreographer: Karen Bruce Reviewer: Jacqui Onions Set in a small backwater in America, Love Me Tender tells the story of a town "all shook up" by the arrival of a guitar playing, motorcycle riding roustabout. When our roustabout, Chad, is told at the start that the mayor has outlawed loud music and basically anything fun, one could ...
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