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REVIEW – Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It’s difficult to remain positive while the world seems to be breaking down around you, but that’s exactly what Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me is about. Guided by the wise words of “Guru Dave,” Kemsley tells the audience stories about what has happened in the past year of her life and how…
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REVIEW: Dr. Stranglove ⭐⭐⭐
“Peace is our profession” Directed by Sean Foley, Dr Strangelove is the stage adaptation by Armando Iannucci and Foley of the iconic Kubrick movie from 1964 in which an American general in the Cold War gives the command to launch nuclear weapons into the Soviet Union, leading to the President of the United States gathering…
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REVIEW: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Time and tide behaved a little differently” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the story of a man who is born at the age of seventy and ages backwards, focusing on the difficulties he faces being ostracised from society by his horrified parents. In…
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REVIEW: Mamma Mia! The Party ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Ever wish that you could be on the set of Mamma Mia!? You might be surprised to hear this, but The O2 may be the closest you can get without taking a flight to Skopelos. Mamma Mia! The Party brings audience members, or “party-goers,” to the island where the hit ABBA jukebox movie musicals were…
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INTERVIEW: Reca Oakley on SIX the Musical
“I heard six powerful voices harmonising and instantly fell in love” Since it premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, SIX the Musical has taken the world by storm, giving audiences a new perspective of Henry VIII’s infamous six wives – Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and…
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REVIEW – Ruby Carr: eBae ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“For the last fifteen years, I have been an eBay enthusiast, and it has NOTHING to do with my mental health” Ruby Carr: eBae has a simple presence – Carr is obsessed with the online auction site eBay and she is ready to share her passion with the rest of the world. But Carr’s work…
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REVIEW – Juno Birch: Probed ⭐⭐⭐
“She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s from outer space!” Juno Birch: Probed begins with Birch being wheeled out in a rolling chair to great applause from the audience, immediately recognisable from her blonde beehive wig and pastel blue skin, her drag persona being an alien who has crashed to Earth. She lipsynches to a song about…
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REVIEW: Ghostbusters in Concert ⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Who you gonna call?” For one day only, the iconic Ghostbusters took over the Royal Albert Hall. An inflatable version of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man greeted guests at the entrance, a replica Ectomobile was available for photo opportunities and there were even a few ghosts inside of the building! Ghostbusters in Concert, one of…
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REVIEW: Fanboy ⭐⭐⭐
Walking into the theatre for Fanboy feels like you are entering the room of a young child in the 1990s – there’s a cabinet with an old television set, several VHS tapes scattered around and a cabinet full of memorabilia from a range of different franchises. Written and performed by Joe Sellman-Leava, Fanboy begins with…
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REVIEW: Gang Bang ⭐⭐⭐
“The seagulls were circling, all lookin’ for the big chip” Written by Hughie Shepherd-Cross, Gang Bang tells the story of a Sicilian Mafia man, Don Lambrini (Fred Trenholme), who thinks he is on a boat going to America but actually ends up on an all-inclusive Thomas Cook cruise to Blackpool. It is here that “Big…
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