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Barn theatre, CirencesterMarie Jones’s 1996 hit play is given a spectacular, Hollywood-style makeover by her son Matthew McElhinney, though the momentum of the drama suffers
4 months ago
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A ‘sprightly comedy’ isn’t all it seems in this beautifully performed drama, which the playwright directs
3 months ago
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A cast of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent actors throw new light on the star-crossed lovers in Graeae’s uneven yet often thrilling show
3 months ago
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Choreography accentuates the otherness of the creatures in a fluid take on the dark coming-of-age fable
3 months ago
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Martin McDonagh’s black comedy about a violent republican terrorist can feel like a parody of 007 in its action but it is hard to be stirred by the dully repetitive scenes
3 months ago
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Claybody Theatre’s show about a famed flying saucer sighting on a housing estate is whimsical fun
3 months ago
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Fussy filmic visuals hobble the affecting acting in the Inheritance writer’s study of three characters struggling for connection
2 months ago
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Terry Ronald’s true-life tale of a bullied gay teenager who prevails in the school production of Oliver! is performed with affecting verve
2 months ago
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Men struggling to hide their feelings are uncloaked in James Dacre’s astute revival of the playwright’s Table Number Seven and The Browning Version
about 2 months ago
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This captivating production of the evergreen musical is a fitting swansong from Pitlochry’s outgoing artistic director, Elizabeth Newman
30 days ago
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Theresa Heskins’s Dumas adaptation provides fantastic action yet reduces the scheming servant Milady to a plot device
23 days ago