Pan

The rich colours and design of the stage set designed by Andrew Caddies can’t fail to catch your eye as you walk to your seat.

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Twelfth Night

Despite the title, Twelfth Night isn’t a play about Christmas, but Tom Littler’s production arrives like a Christmas gift. It starts off sombre then turns delightful. He

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Cinderella

The Royal Ballet gives us a visually magical Cinderella, a new production last seen in 2023, instead of The Nutcracker as our Christmas treat this

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The Pirates of Penzance

Even if you don’t know any Gilbert and Sullivan, you’ll undoubtedly recognise some of the foot-tapping songs—somehow they are in our English DNA. Mike Leigh’s

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Dick Whittington

The Corn Exchange was bedecked with festive decorations and beautiful real tree in the foyer and festoons of lights in the auditorium for this year’s

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Robin Hood

Following last year’s sparkly Cinderella, the Yvonne Arnaud team is back with another family focussed favourite, namely Robin Hood. Set in merry old England with

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Cinderella

Once again, a joyful, fun-filled panto has arrived at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. This time, Cinderella has rolled into town on her flying pumpkin carriage,

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A Christmas Carol

Two marquee names—Dickens and Marie Jones—combine for A Christmas Carol, this year’s seasonal offering on the main stage of Belfast’s Lyric Theatre. Translated to Victorian Belfast,

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Blithe Spirit

When I reviewed Seattle Rep’s The Skin of Our Teeth, and mentioned I’d never attended any productions of it after fifty years of watching and

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Romeo a Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, and their bitterly antagonistic families meet on stage in a completely new, award-winning version from Ballet Cymru, the Cardiff-based

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