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- Jodi McAlister
There is brilliance in this show. There are moments I felt physically, moments like punches, moments of numbness. But I also found it kind of frustrating.
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- Jack Teiwes
Although a sometimes mildly confusing production of an often confounding play, this is nonetheless a fine rendition of one of Shakespeare’s comparatively lesser-performed works.
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- Ashley Walker
Farce requires meticulously plotted jokes pulled off with perfect comic timing by the actors. A good farce is a rare beast indeed.
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- Penny Spirou
It is clear from the structure of the evening that the enjoyment you get out of attending an event such as this, is solely dependent on the audience.
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- Jodi McAlister
Go and see this play. I laughed. I cried. And I will definitely be going to see it again. Wonderful, wonderful theatre.
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- Jodi McAlister
I feel like there was the kernel of something brilliant in here, but that the show lost touch with what that was.
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- Rebecca Whitton
Once in Royal David’s City is both about the overwhelming effect of the death of one’s parents and an invocation to the audience to go beyond what is fed to them and to be mindful of the economic and politic structures that underpin our culture.
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