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- Jack Teiwes
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is an evergreen favourite for those who enjoy crackling wordplay and stinging absurdist irony, shot through with accessible philosophical musings and a heavy dose of archly self-aware humour about the nature of theatre and actors.
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- Richard Cotter
As the lights go down and The Umbilical Brothers leap out onto the stage for Speedmouse their nonstop barrage on our funny bones reiterates: timing is everything.
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- Emily Shaddick
Black Jesus is a powerful piece of theatre that explores post-independent Zimbabwe and the personal and political aftermath of a so called revolution.
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- Dennis Clements
Ben Elton has crafted a story of immense silliness and camp cliché that somehow works perfectly with the hard driving yet fey rock style of the inimitable Freddie Mercury. It’s not gonna change the world but it’s a hell of a fun night out.
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- Richard Cotter
Such is the magic of theatre that the Sydney Opera House is transmogrified into the White House for a nostalgic ninety minutes in the memory lane music and lyrics of Pennsylvania Avenue.
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- Emily Shaddick
Tom Ballard’s show The World Keeps Happening is everything a thesaurus could pump out at you if you looked up the word funny.
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- Emily Shaddick
The magic of the book has now been brought gloriously to the stage by Jonathan Rockefeller, who combines the caterpillar’s famous tale with 3 other beloved Carle stories, and brings them to life with the use of 75 puppets.
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