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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Separate Tables , Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: The second of Salisbury Playhouse's autumn season in-the-round productions is much more successful than the first, breathing fresh air into Rattigan's linked o…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:52PM
Monday, April 28, 2014

The Return of the Grumpy Old Women - Fifty Shades of Beige, City Hall, Salisbury by Lesley Bates

City Hall, Salisbury: I can't vouch for previous incarnations of Grumpy Old Women, of which there have been many in stage, television and book form, but the current tour strikes countle…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

Worst Wedding Ever, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: With Worst Wedding Ever, writen between Broadchurch series one and two, Chris Chibnall succeeds mightily in giving vent to his comic gifts, not so much in evidence in th…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AM
Monday, February 10, 2014

Gaslight, Playhouse, Salisbury by Lesley Bates

Playhouse, Salisbury: In a season dominated by new writing and with a special commission from Broadchurch writer Chris Chibnall up next in the main house, Salisbury Playhouse's choice o…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AM
Friday, December 20, 2013

London Calling, Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse: It's London's year at Salisbury Playhouse - in the main house, Dick Whittington is scouring its streets for gold while the theatre's intim…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PM
Monday, December 9, 2013

Dick Whittington and His Cat, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: Dick Whittington was a Salisbury lad searching the streets of London for gold to repair the cathedral spire. Who knew? Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AM
Friday, November 8, 2013

The Recruiting Officer, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: More drama than comedy hit production week as Salisbury Playhouse was forced to recruit a new recruiting officer at short notice when actor Jem Wall, who was to play Ser…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PM
Thursday, March 28, 2013

Curiosity Shop, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton by Lesley Bates

Nuffield Theatre, Southampton: Although there is much to admire in Theatre Alibi's reinvention of The Old Curiosity Shop, transporting Dickens' tale of addiction, homelessness and …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AM
Monday, March 25, 2013

The Arrival, Nuffield Theatre. Southampton by Lesley Bates

Nuffield Theatre. Southampton: An elderly African man, nursed gently by a Vietnamese woman, looks back on the journey that brought them and so many others from their own lands to another sho…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM
Monday, February 4, 2013

Dangerous Corner, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: Life's got a lot of dangerous corners, observes Freda Caplan, in this polished revival of JB Priestley's first original play at Salisbury Playhouse. But there …

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AM
Monday, December 24, 2012

Spread A Little Happiness - the Great British Songbook, Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse: More than a little happiness will be spread throughout the Christmas season with this foot-tapping, feel-good feast of British songwriting talent in Sali…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AM
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Sleeping Beauty, Bournemouth Pavilion by Lesley Bates

Bournemouth Pavilion: Su Pollard has to be one of the loudest, meanest bad fairies on the panto stage. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AM

Snow Play, Poole Lighthouse by Lesley Bates

Poole Lighthouse: I wish I was a kid again then I could have joined in the snowball-slinging 50 minutes of sheer delight that was Snow Play without drawing undue attention. Read the full rev…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:56AM
Monday, December 10, 2012

Aladdin, Lighthouse, Poole by Lesley Bates

Lighthouse, Poole: Don Maclean must be one of the country's top dames and certainly one of the most practised, with 39 pantos under his belt, many of them in falsies and frocks. Read th…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AM
Monday, November 5, 2012

The Spire, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: As a Gregorian chant echoes round the auditorium, a shaft of light illuminates a model of a cathedral topped by a soaring spire. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AM
Friday, October 5, 2012

London, Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse: UK premieres of Olivier award-winning playwright Simon Stephens' latest are becoming almost commonplace. Read the full review

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PM
Monday, September 10, 2012

Stepping Out, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: Stepping Out has been a crowd pleaser for nigh on 30 years - and still is if the rapturous reception to Richard Harris's tap dancing comedy at Salisbury Playhouse o…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Epsom Downs, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: For his first outing, Salisbury's new artistic director Gareth Machin has taken a punt on Howard Brenton's Epsom Downs and it romps home a winner. Read the ful…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AM
Monday, March 19, 2012

The Seven Year Itch, Salisbury Playhouse by Lesley Bates

Salisbury Playhouse: Marilyn Monroe flirtatiously fighting with her white skirt above a subway grating in Billy Wilder's film The Seven Year Itch has to be one of the most iconic images…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AM

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
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