Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man – Birmingham Hippodrome

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The sultry, slinky melodies of Carmen have been sliding across our collective consciousnesses since they slipped from George Bizet’s quill…

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Cambridge Theatre

2 weeks ago

Olivier-award-winning improv group, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, are back at London's Cambridge Theatre performing their long-form improv. As their name…

The Silence of the Lambs – Bradford Alhambra

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The Silence of the Lambs is one of only three movies to ever win the ‘big five’ Oscars, including golden…

Jersey Boys – Edinburgh Playhouse

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There is something reassuringly familiar about Jersey Boys. This is my third encounter with the musical in approximately six years, suggesting…

The Awkward Guide to Friendship – White Bear Theatre

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An Awkward Guide to Friendship is an auditory treat featuring poetry, music, sing-alongs, and improvisation. It’s a collaborative piece by…

Back in the USSR: Opera North’s Eugene Onegin – Leeds Grand Theatre

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Tchaikovsky’s life had a habit of imitating his art. In the spring of 1877, while he was sketching an opera…

The Big Cheese – The Golden Goose

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Surely it can't be hard to sell cheese, can it? Inspired by her own experiences of working in a cheese…

Who Killed Marilyn? – Emerald Theatre

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There is a particular pleasure in a story that makes you impatient for its next revelation, and ‘Who Killed Marilyn?’…

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo? – Traverse Theatre

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Whaur’s Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo is a comedic reenactment debating not just the Scots Enlightenment in the mid-1700s, but also…

Sweeney Todd: A Legacy of Blood – The Studio, Widnes

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There is something particularly refreshing about seeing original writing brought to life on stage, especially when a familiar story is…