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The Hypochondriac, Playhouse, Liverpool (Rated 3/ 5 )
Roger McGough has added his own medicinal properties to Molière's The Hypochondriac, upping the laugher quotient in an elixir that's easy to swallow though you might want to hold your nose.
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Everybody Loves A Winner, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (Rated 3/ 5 )
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Life – as luck would have it
It Felt Like A Kiss, Hardman Square, Manchester (Rated 3/ 5 )
Monday, 6 July 2009
It begins even before you get inside the building. There is a big list of warnings to the audience. It will be a promenade production with stairs to climb and uneven surfaces.
English National Ballet, St Paul's Cathedral, London (Rated 4/ 5 )
Monday, 6 July 2009
In praise of a much-loved pair
Forbidden Broadway, Menier Chocolate Factory, London
Ashes, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Sunday, 5 July 2009
A brilliant, high-speed satire on the commercial theatre takes no prisoners as it lampoons some West End staples
The House of Special Purpose, Minerva Theatre, Chichester (Rated 3/ 5 )
Thursday, 2 July 2009
As the television scriptwriter of Cranford, Heidi Thomas has anatomised damped-down friendships, budding romance and marital "getting along" with some finesse. And her sharp-eyed writing made more than was there, perhaps, of cultural collisions and imminent tragedy.
Bicycle Ballet, Paternoster Square, London (Rated 3/ 5 )
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
A flat tyre can't puncture the fun
Carrie's War, Apollo Theatre, London (Rated 2/ 5 )
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
War idyll shoots itself in the foot
Apologia, Bush Theatre, London (Rated 2/ 5 )
Monday, 29 June 2009
The lead character in Alexi Kaye Campbell's new play, Kristin, is a radical art historian with a startling resemblance to Elizabeth Frink. She's played by Paola Dionisotti with a throwaway bitchy style and a voice pitched somewhere between Maggie Smith and Sheila Hancock.
Oklahoma! Festival Theatre, Chichester (Rated 2/ 5 )
Monday, 29 June 2009
Oh, what a lifeless evening
Apologia, Bush, London
Everything Must Go, Soho, London
Oklahoma! Festival Theatre, Chichester
Sunday, 28 June 2009
Alexi Kaye Campbell triumphs as his sharp new play – both satirical and emotionally crucifying – exposes tensions between principle and parenting
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