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Neville’s Island

Neville’s Island

- 23 September 2013

Four middle management businessmen from Salford get marooned on an island on Derwent Water during...

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

- 16 August 2013

A stillness fell over the audience as the lights dimmed on Glyndebourne’s production of Billy...

Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical

Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical

- 6 August 2013

Unsure whether I needed to see this for a second time in less than a...

Birdsong

Birdsong

- 30 July 2013

To describe this production as ambitious would be gross understatement. Turning over 500 pages of...

Barnum

Barnum

- 29 July 2013

The original Production of ‘Barnum’ was exciting enough but in reality it lived up to...

Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale

- 29 July 2013

Where do you start when a performance is as fine as this? Exquisitely sung, as...

Soul Sister

Soul Sister

- 23 July 2013

A poor script and a messy staging could do nothing to detract from the joy...

Hippolyte et Aricie

Hippolyte et Aricie

- 1 July 2013

My word, what to say? Given the density of the drama and the less than...

The Pitmen Painters

The Pitmen Painters

- 25 June 2013

Real theatrical excellence bears a second viewing and I could watch this superb drama again...

If Only

If Only

- 24 June 2013

Any new work by David Edgar is going to be greeted with great expectation. There...

The Moody Blues

The Moody Blues

- 24 June 2013

Whistling me back to being a teenager, The Moody Blues delivered a concert that was...

Cliff Richard: Midsummer Nights, Still Reelin’ and A-Rockin’

Cliff Richard: Midsummer Nights, Still Reelin’ and A-Rockin’

- 18 June 2013

The audience that gathered to see and hear the Peter Pan of Pop was, to...