 | West Side Story (Oxford)
19 November 2009
One of the judgements that a reviewer has to make when approaching a student production of classic musical is how far it is appropriate to compare them to their professional counterparts. Student prod....
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| The Rocky Horror Show (Tour - Birmingham)
3 November 2009
[Richard O’Brien]’s Rocky Horror Show is undoubtedly the king of the cult musical genre. This proves to be heavily testamented by the hoards of fans and admirers of the show who pack full auditoriums ....
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 | The American Pilot (The North Wall, Oxford)
29 October 2009
The North Wall fulfils a much needed role in the Oxford theatre scene. In a city where large touring shows and the student scene are dominant, it is pleasing that there is a place like The North Wall ....
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 | Babylone (Tour - Coventry)
29 October 2009
Billed at a “tense and chilling play” with the tagline “Someone’s been watching you. And now he wants to talk” this is a performance that will remain in memory long after the final curtain call. Set i....
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 | Days of Significance (Tour - Oxford)
28 October 2009
The Royal Shakespeare Company are showing their continued commitment to new writing with their new tour of Roy Williams’ play – written in response to Much Ado about Nothing and contemporary events in....
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| Go Back for Murder (OFS Studio, Oxford)
28 October 2009
When Carla Crale comes of age, she receives a rather unexpected inheritance: the news that her mother murdered her father sixteen years before and a letter protesting her innocence. Before long, Go Ba....
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| Lord of the Dance (Tour - Oxford)
28 October 2009
If you've never seen Michael Flatley's dramatic choreography performed live, make sure you get yourself a ticket for Lord of the Dance, showing at the New Theatre from 27th October to 1st November. An....
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 | Spring Storm (Northampton)
26 October 2009
Spring Storm is an early three-act play by Tennessee Williams that is unknown, unpublished, never before seen in Europe – and much, much more than a collection of sketches for the later plays.
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 | Twelfth Night (RSC)
22 October 2009
Gregory Doran’s production of Twelfth Night is a thoroughly engaging, impeccably interpreted piece of theatre. The action takes place in a mercurial corner of the Ottoman Empire, before a set of....
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 | The Madness of George III
22 October 2009
My first review of a piece of student drama of the new academic year is going to be difficult one. The Madness of King George III is all over the place. I was so deeply, ardently frustrated and disapp....
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