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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Posh , Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Playhouse, Nottingham: Men behaving badly doesn't begin to describe the 10 assembled members of Oxford's revived Riot Club, bent on drinking, trashing and asserting their inborn ri…

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Forever Young , The Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

The Playhouse, Nottingham: Old actors never die: they end up in a Home for Ageing Thespians in Erik Gedeon's smash-hit musical comedy, adapted and directed by Giles Croft and making its…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AM
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Sleeping Beauty , Palace Theatre, Mansfield by Pat Ashworth

Palace Theatre, Mansfield: Princess Briar Rose was never really under threat and has already been restored to life by the interval in what is something of a cheerful nod to the story. But go…

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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Theatre Royal, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Theatre Royal, Nottingham: I'm still marvelling how these Seven Dwarfs managed to dance on their knees, in a neat twist to the plot that presents them as banished courtiers. This is a m…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Hansel and Gretel , The Studio, Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

The Studio, Derby Theatre: Derbyshire-based Red Earth Theatre has a Christmas residency here as the culmination of its national tour of Hansel and Gretel, a bright, upfront and wonderfully w…

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

A Christmas Carol , Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

Derby Theatre: Jim Barclay plays Ebenezer Scrooge and an accomplished ensemble of seven actor-musicians - several with roots in Derby - share the narration and double, triple and quadruple r…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AM
Monday, December 1, 2014

Sleeping Beauty , Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Playhouse, Nottingham: Kenneth Alan Taylor's 31st successive panto at the Playhouse is his best yet, as clear as a bell and wildly funny. He has assembled a cast over the last few years…

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The Nutcracker , The Hippodrome, Birmingham by Pat Ashworth

The Hippodrome, Birmingham: Peter Wright's Nutcracker is world-famous, created as a thank-you to the city of Birmingham when Sadler's Wells moved from London in 1990, and always re…

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Playing Another , Lakeside Arts, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Lakeside Arts, Nottingham: Candoco's double bill of two new commissions showcases everything that makes this contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers so extraordi…

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Elephant Man , The Studio, Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

The Studio, Derby Theatre: Daniel Chrisostomou's portrayal of the hideously deformed Joseph Merrick is almost unbearable to watch at times, for the pity of the man's situation and …

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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Arcadia , Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Playhouse, Nottingham: Tom Stoppard loved the language and landscape of Derbyshire and Lord Byron is one of Nottingham's own, so this stunning final contribution to the Playhouse's…

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice , Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

Derby Theatre: Sarah Brigham, Derby Theatre's artistic director, identifies shows with "authenticity and a big heart" as going down particularly well with audiences in Derby, …

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Antigone , Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

Derby Theatre: Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East collaborate on Roy Williams' startling contemporary version of this classic Greek tragedy. The streets of Th…

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Friday, August 29, 2014

Sister Act , Kilworth House Theatre, Leicester by Pat Ashworth

Kilworth House Theatre, Leicester : Everyone ends up transformed in this show, which is why it brims with the feel-good factor. Redemption is in the air as the sober Catholic priest becomes …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM
Monday, July 14, 2014

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes , Wollaton Hall, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham: What Chapterhouse does is theatre at the coalface, carried by the power of acting, cheeky engagement with the audience and a refreshing absence of anything techni…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AM
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

April in Paris , Derby Theatre by Pat Ashworth

Derby Theatre: John Godber revisits this delicious two-hander, written in 1992 and refreshed in the light of awakened vexations over Europe and hardship at home. It's familiar territory…

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

South Pacific, Kilworth House Theatre, North Kilworth by Pat Ashworth

Kilworth House Theatre, North Kilworth : This is the eighth season at the purpose-built, open-air Kilworth House Theatre, where the natural surroundings are as much a part of things as what …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AM
Monday, June 2, 2014

Constellations, Curve, Leicester by Pat Ashworth

Curve, Leicester : The Spanish dance company, Aracaladanza, join with <a href="http://mokodance.com/shows/constellations/" target=_blank>Moko Dance</a> to present the U…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AM
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

The Second Minute, Nottingham Playhouse by Pat Ashworth

Nottingham Playhouse : Andy Barrett's compelling new play about the Sherwood Foresters regiment is packed with the local colour he loves to paint, but its universal First World War cont…

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

The Prince of the Pagodas, The Hippodrome, Birmingham by Pat Ashworth

The Hippodrome, Birmingham: This British premiere receives a rapturous reception at the Hippodrome, proof of David Bintley's ability to spin straw into gold - although this, Benjamin Br…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Threepenny Opera, Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Playhouse, Nottingham: Watching this production is like being carried along in a protest march, banners in your face, accosted until you're almost desensitised. An ambitious collaborati…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AM
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Translations, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield by Pat Ashworth

The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: A translator's power to convey truth or distortion is nowhere more deeply considered than in this powerful play, the second in Sheffield Theatres' …

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Broken, Mac, Birmingham by Pat Ashworth

Mac, Birmingham: This great, surging dance spectacle from Motionhouse makes you feel as if you have been present at the creation and destruction of the world. It's cataclysmic. High imp…

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Afterplay, Sheffield Theatres Studio by Pat Ashworth

Sheffield Theatres Studio: An inspired piece of casting for the first play of Sheffield Theatres' Brian Friel Season brings together Niamh Cusack as Sonya and Sean Gallagher as Andrey o…

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Frozen, The Studio, Repertory Theatre, Birmingham by Pat Ashworth

The Studio, Repertory Theatre, Birmingham: This is an extraordinary play, arguably Bryony Lavery's finest. It's hard to watch because of the terrible subject matter it confronts us…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM
Monday, February 10, 2014

The Simon and Garfunkel Story, The Assembly Rooms, Derby by Pat Ashworth

The Assembly Rooms, Derby: Dean Elliott is as plausible a Paul Simon as he was as Buddy Holly in the West End musical in which he made his name. For this tribute theatre show, he's team…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

My Judy Garland Life, The Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

The Playhouse, Nottingham: Stepping into the life of someone you hero worship could be a risky business. But it's a kind of catharsis for Susie Boyt, on whose book <a href="http…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Amateur Girl, The Playhouse, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

The Playhouse, Nottingham: Amanda Whittington has a particular gift for getting inside the skin and head of tough but vulnerable young women. This compelling one-woman show, on its first nat…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Aladdin, De Montfort Hall, Leicester by Pat Ashworth

De Montfort Hall, Leicester: Panto makes a storming return to the De Montfort Hall after a 20-year absence, in celebration of the venue's 100th birthday. It couldn't have wished fo…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AM
Monday, December 16, 2013

Cinderella, Mansfield Palace Theatre by Pat Ashworth

Mansfield Palace Theatre: It's heart-warming stuff at Mansfield, where Ruth Madoc's confident Fairy has been promoted to Fairy Godmother, has a pay-as-you-go wand and, in a brief a…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM
Friday, December 13, 2013

A Christmas Carol, Lakeside, Nottingham by Pat Ashworth

Lakeside, Nottingham: This is a joyful and original take on Dickens, for very young children who aren't likely to have encountered the story yet. Read the full review

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