UK Reviews

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Fidelio

Fidelio, Beethoven’s only opera, was written and edited over a period of nine years. The entire opera takes place within the walls of a prison, where ...
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Storm in a Flower Vase

The main thing to take away from this play, without a doubt, was a new found appreciation for floristry (or, as the characters so vehemently insist - ...
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Ghosts

On a bleak, Norwegian night a young artist, Osvald Alving (Mark Quartley,) returns, broken, to his mother from Europe. He is diseased in both body and...
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Jekyll and Hyde

The leaflet claims you will leave the theatre feeling dirty and I suppose you have to credit them for accurate advertising. This is an adaptation o...
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See How They Run

York’s production of Philip King’s wartime comedy is rarely ‘laugh out loud’ funny, but provides an enjoyable evening of jokes about mistaken identiti...
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The Glass Menagerie

John Tiffany is a magician. His powers of enchantment as a theater director can leave an audience spellbound. He can conjure thoughts, ideas, even peo...
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Next to Normal

At the end of opening night, the renowned Singaporean actor Adrian Pang addressed the audience after his performance, thanking them for coming to a pl...
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In The Jungle of Cities

Word of warning: ‘this is not for the sane.’ Even dedicated admirers of Brecht were baffled by this play. Set in Chicago, there are no key elements...
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Storm in a Flower Vase

The main thing to take away from this play, without a doubt, was a new found appreciation for floristry (or, as the characters so vehemently insist - ...
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Land of Our Fathers

Land of Our Fathers depicts the fate of six Welsh miners trapped underground after their pit collapses in 1979. Their banter and teasing turns darker ...