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Cymbeline review – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London ★★☆☆☆

Jim Keaveney11 months ago11 months ago

Jim Keaveney reviews the new production of Shakespeare’s lesser-performed play

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Nicholas Brice on The Big Bite-Size Show

Jim Keaveney11 months ago11 months ago

Following a remarkable 18-year run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the multi-award-winningBite-Size Plays is set to captivate audiences once again…

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Richard II review – Bridge Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Jim Keaveney11 months ago11 months ago

After almost two years, the Bridge Theatre again plays host to an opening night as the continued extensions to the…

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Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew review – Bush Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Carla Rudgyard12 months ago12 months ago

Review by Carla Rudgyard As the theatre industry narrows its focus onto playwrights who are more likely to guarantee commercial success,…

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Jessica Lazar on Outlying Islands

Jim Keaveney12 months ago12 months ago

Jessica Lazar brings her production of David Greig’s 2002 play Outlying Islands to Jermyn Street Theatre. Set on a remote…

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David Colvin on Macbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith

Jim Keaveney12 months ago12 months ago

After a national and international tour Richard Twyman’s stylish, contemporary and gut-wrenching production for English Touring Theatre (ETT) comes to…

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The Gap Year review – Lyric Theatre, Belfast ★★★★☆

Mark Quinn12 months ago12 months ago

Review by Mark Quinn After a successful run in 2022, The Gap Year is back in the Lyric Theatre for a…

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Looking for Giants review – King’s Head Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Katie Shaw1 year ago1 year ago

Review by Katie Shaw Cesca Echlin’s debut one-woman show is an entertaining, fast-paced, emotionally unhinged monologue delivered in three parts, that…

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Sean Gandini on Heka / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney1 year ago

Gandini Juggling is an ever-evolving ensemble made up of a virtuosic core group of jugglers, they regularly expand to include…

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Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux and Sandrine Heyraud on Dimanche / MimeLondon 2025

Jim Keaveney1 year ago1 year ago

MimeLondon’s 2025 programme concludes with the London premiere of Dimanche by Belgian companies Focus & Chaliwaté at Sadler’s Wells Peacock…

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