Il Bajazet

The photographs displayed above are so different that readers may wonder if they really can belong to the same production. And they would not be

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Mid Life

A show about mid-life women by a mid-life woman and based on anthropologist Dr Isabel de Salis’s research into 50 menopausal women for over 10

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WRESTLELADSWRESTLE

A lively show that mixes live drumming with theatre, judo, dance and wrestling. At the centre, is Jenni (Jennifer) Jackson telling us, repeatedly, she was

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Glorious

Hope Mill’s latest production is a play rather than a musical, but one with a musical theme. Peter Quilter’s 20-year-old play centres on the true

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Mother Russia

I love shows that open with a lie. Especially a lie about politics, as in the case of Lauren Yee’s world première, which finally opened

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The Buddy Holly Story

The current touring performance of The Buddy Holly Story is a joyful experience and a thrilling evening in the theatre. Since opening in Plymouth in 1989, the

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The Little Prince

Director and choreographer Anne Tournié and libretto adapter and co-director Chris Mouron’s colourful version of The Little Prince novella (my French edition is under a hundred pages),

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Clueless, The Musical

It is sobering when younger generations begin to experience nostalgic moments, but 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Clueless, the film loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma (published

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