Plays
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Review
TV Review: Her Big Chance, Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads – BBC and iPlayer
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Josie Rourke We meet Lesley – young, softly glamorous – framed by an open window. She…
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Review
Romeo and Juliet – BBC Culture in Quarantine, iPlayer
Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: Erica Whyman Performed in 2018, this production from the Royal Shakespeare Company takes Shakespeare’s tragedy and…
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South West
An Inspector Calls – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Playwright: J.B Priestley Director: Stephen Daldry Associate Director: Julian Webber Firmly assured of its place in the canon, J.B Priestley’s An Inspector Calls…
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South West
Measure for Measure – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Gregory Doran Associate Director: Leigh Toney Shakespeare reset; this RSC production takes us to turn-of-the-century Vienna. The city’s morality has…
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Childrens
The Worst Witch – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Writer: Emma Reeves (based on novel by Jill Murphy) Director: Theresa Heskins Composer: Luke Potter Reviewer: Helen Tope Goofy, clumsy and a spectacular failure,…
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Comedy
JB Shorts 20 – 53Two , Manchester
Writers: Lindsay Williams, Trevor Suthers, James Quinn, Louis Ashton-Butler, Peter Kerry, Diane Whitley, Dave Simpson. Directors: Miranda Parker, Trevor McFarlane,…
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Drama
This House – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Director: Jeremy Herrin / Jonathan Boyle Playwright: James Graham Reviewer: Helen Tope It is 1974, and the Labour Party have…
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Drama
The Importance of Being Earnest – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Director: Alastair Whatley Writer: Oscar Wilde Reviewer: Helen Tope There are few writers who can boast such a reputation as…
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