Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The reliably inventive Devon-based theatre company Le Navet Bete has created its best production to date with this swashbuckling adventure based on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:42PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Steve McFadden clearly relishes his role as the evil Captain Hook. There is a brief nod to Eastenders, but otherwise this Qdos production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMTuesday, December 19, 2017
There is much mirth in Le Navet Bete’s take on A Christmas Carol. Yet, despite the efforts of the four versatile performers,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMFriday, December 23, 2016
Lesley Joseph and Ben Nickless shine in a production positively glittering with panto pizzazz. Joseph is a Machiavellian marvel as Queen Lucretia,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMSaturday, December 17, 2016
It’s a tall order getting a troupe of trained animals to deliver the Jungle Book menagerie of characters. And when, at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMTuesday, December 23, 2014
Theatre Royal, Plymouth: From dippy behaviour as Simple Simon to terrific impersonations and funny voices, Bobby Davro has plenty of panto panache.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMThursday, October 9, 2014
The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth: Small wonder there is a roar of appreciation, as well as rapturous applause, at the curtain call for this piece of dramatic dynamite. Shakespeare's da…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
Drum Theatre, Plymouth: James Graham's thriller concerns a young urban guerilla group in the 1970s committed to violence against the state, amid a backdrop of cuts and unemployment.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMThursday, June 19, 2014
TR2, Theatre Royal, Plymouth: Taking performance out of the theatre and thrusting it into the back of an ambulance is edgy enough to induce palpitations among audiences of a nervous disposit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMFriday, May 2, 2014
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay: Bringing the West End to the West Country is the justifiably proud boast of the latest production to tread the Babbacombe boards.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMMonday, March 3, 2014
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay: Babbacombe's eight-month-long variety bonanza, with producer Colin Matthews at the helm, ensures a prolonged season of theatrical sunshine.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMThursday, February 27, 2014
Drum Theatre, Plymouth: This is a gripping, dark drama exploring the cataclysmic results of the collision of two couples' worlds. As their home is flooded - not an unknown occurrence th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMTuesday, December 24, 2013
Theatre Royal, Plymouth: For those who think they are too old to be kids again this production is a fizzing panto-affirming tonic.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:30AMFriday, November 1, 2013
Babbacombe, Torquay: It's a trifle strange to see an auditorium decked out in festive tinsel before the hurdle of Halloween has barely been cleared.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMMonday, March 4, 2013
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay: Spellbound is a slice of pure magic that lives up to such a self-proclaiming superlative.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
Drum Theatre, Plymouth: In turn funny, poignant, autobiographical and inventive, King Lear's demons are unleashed and entwined with the actor Edward Petherbridge's recovery from a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMMonday, December 24, 2012
Drum, Plymouth: Who is the fastest - the Hare or the Tortoise? It doesn't matter really, because the fun is in finding out.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMTheatre Royal, Plymouth: When it comes to dazzle the Royal delivers one of the glitziest shows around. Full of sparkle and spectacle, this production is a gem from start to finish.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMWednesday, December 19, 2012
Queen's, Barnstaple: For festive fun, head straight - as an arrow - to Sherwood Forest, where you will find the merriest of men.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMFriday, November 2, 2012
Babbacombe Theatre, Babbacombe: Merry Christmas - at Babbacombe seasonal celebrations come early. Back projection snowflakes and frosty dry ice are rapidly thawed as the company serves up Le…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMWednesday, September 19, 2012
Royal, Plymouth: In these taxing times a good belly laugh is better than money in the bank. Spend an evening in the company of Professor Marcus and his hapless robbers and you come away rich…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMMonday, April 16, 2012
Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay: A liberal sparkling of stardust ensures this variety show gem glitters with impact throughout.
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