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Friday, December 13, 2013

THE ELEPHANTOM " National Theatre Shed SE1 by Libby Purves

TWERKING INFLATABLE ELEPHANTS!  THAT’S MORE LIKE IT! For all my pleading I was unable to borrow a child for this 4+ production (school hours, bah humbug!) . But I sat next to one wh…

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

AMERICAN PSYCHO " Almeida, N1 by Libby Purves

STABBING, SHAGGING, SNIGGERING, BUT EVER SO STYLISH What is this neon box rising from the floor, with Matt Smith inside it?  Can it be the Tardis?  Nope:  a sunbed, and the former D…

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

THAT DAY WE SANG " Royal Exchange, Manchester by Libby Purves

A JEWEL FROM THE NORTH, AN ECHO FROM THE PAST Forget Acorn Antiques, fun though that was. Victoria Wood's stage musical, written a couple of years ago for the Manchester Festival, has the tr…

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

THE DUCK HOUSE " Vaudeville, WC2 by Libby Purves

LIGHT AS A FEATHER, FUNNY AS A QUACK There's a lovely moment of finesse when Ben Miller,  as a defecting New Lab MP in the dying days of the Brown government, is trying to impress on a To…

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ALADDIN " New Wimbledon Theatre by Libby Purves

BRAND  MEETS BEDELLA  – BUT IT’S FLAWLESS THAT’S FLAWLESS! New lamps for old!  It's the motto of the best pantomimes : keep the shape of the old lamp – vaude…

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Friday, December 6, 2013

FROM MORNING TO MIDNIGHT " Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves

CLERK ON THE RUN FINDS NOTHING WORTH BUYING.  NOT SURE I DO EITHER. An absconding bank-clerk in search of raw primal experience settles on the thrill of a sports stadium.  "Feel the li…

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN " Royal Court Jerwood Downstairs by Libby Purves

DRIFTING SEETHING POETRY AND HORROR:  A VAMPIRE AT THE COURT Unless you have spent recent years  hiding (perhaps wisely) from teenage girls, you know that they have had their white lit…

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES " Olivier, SE1 by Libby Purves

CHILDREN STORM THE STAGE IN AN EMIL FOR EVERYONE Is there no limit to the depravity of the National Theatre?  Forging 20-Reichsmark banknotes, a discredited currency,  to flood an audi…

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