Friday, February 24, 2017
Agatha Christie and Margaret Rutherford would surely spin in their graves if they knew the secret sorrows of Britain’s “queen of crime”
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When Count Arthur Strong first toddled on stage to give his portrayal of Cinderella’s dad in the London Palladium pantomime last Christmas,
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Apart from passing references to Yellow Pages and the Thatcherite poll tax, David Hare’s emotionally affecting 1995 play, Skylight, hasn’t dated one
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Over recent years Theatre Mill’s Rebecca Stafford has shown an uncanny knack for matching plays with York’s heritage buildings: more recently York
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This is Pygmalion – the director’s cut. Sam Pritchard hasn’t revisited Shaw’s didactic social comedy, he’s reinvented it, although it’s debatable whether
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For all its smooth sitcom gloss, John Godber’s latest play will make uncomfortable viewing for any over-protective parent whose offspring heads for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMIts lofty claim is to be “an inspired incantation to a life rediscovered.” But the first UK arena tour of one of
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When 90-year-old Liverpudlian ex-sailor Jim Callaghan slips on some concrete in his basement, a crack on the head releases dark recollections of a
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Willy Russell’s ever-popular play Educating Rita has been revived so frequently over the years that one begins to wonder if late-learner Rita
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You’ve heard of fusion cuisine? Well, for its first production Ragged Edge has created fusion theatre, partly inspired by a Bangladeshi saying
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If you’ve scripted Mr Tumble’s live arena shows you must know what makes today’s very young audiences tick. Which is probably why
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Apart from big sets, big production numbers and the dame’s big bottom, there’s one other thing that always sticks out in these
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Yes Cinderella, you shall go to the ball. Naturally, you’ll scarper when midnight strikes. Of course, those stepsisters will be abusive. And
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It’s Berwick Kaler’s 38th consecutive year as York Theatre Royal’s fella-in-a-frock, an annual institution recognised in 2003 when he was made honorary
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To be, or not to be good. That’s the question facing Pinocchio when he finds it’s harder being a boy than a
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Theatr Clwyd has a tradition of rocking the panto boat and this new version of Peter Rowe’s script, last seen here 10 years ago,
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Princess Aurora might be cursed to fall asleep for a century, but there’s no chance of anyone else nodding off during this
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The f-word was never part of Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic vocabulary. Not even in the murky truth-seeking world of Ghosts, in which he
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Rats are usually cast as the repellent baddies at pantomime time. But the pack of rodents who inhabit Mike Kenny’s play for children are
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Smaller-scale producers, please note: pantomime doesn’t have to be about recycling corny gags, old scenery, well-worn costumes and vaguely remembered television names.
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A random roll of the dice decides who plays what in the short and sharply observed Parallel, a mini-drama exploring the unsettling
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How things have changed since the 1986 premiere of Hugh Whitemore’s play based on the life of Alan Turing, pioneering mathematician, war-time
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West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Developed after a year-long Channel 4 writer's residency at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Zodwa Nyoni's first full-length play opens the new season her…
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Crucible, Sheffield: The Crucible's artistic director Daniel Evans appeared as an actor in premiere productions of two of Sarah Kane's plays, which meant discovering their dramatic…
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Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: What's not to like about Willie Russell's Rita? She's only a Liverpudlian hairdresser but she's got a lust for living and a love of learning…
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Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: A general election looming; a Labour opposition leader struggling to articulate a convincing narrative; political wonks at campaign HQ desperate to make him elec…
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Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: Watching Rona Munro's new drama about Manchester's Victorian street gangs never feels as if you are slumming it, although it's still an unc…
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Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool: First conceived at Liverpool's Royal Court five years ago when Lucky Numbers, his lottery comedy, was playing here, Mike Yeaman's canoe caper has go…
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Coliseum Theatre, Oldham: Following the colossal success of The Woman In Black and the recent mini-tour of The Small Hand, this is the third stage adaptation of one of Susan Hill's ghos…
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Playhouse Theatre Studio, Liverpool: Inspired by the real race-hate experience of a Zimbabwean family hounded out of a Merseyside estate, writer Keith Saha explores cultural territory that c…
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Octagon Theatre, Bolton: Celebrating the centenary year of Arthur Miller's birth without a David Thacker production is hardly worth the candle. The creative synergy of this writer-direc…
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