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Hollywood is a hell hole. So what’s new on the casting couch?

Robert Tanitch reviews Bitter Wheat at Garrick Theatre, London WC2 John Malkovich returns to the London stage after a long absence in a new and disappointing play written and directed by David Mamet. ...

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A heart-lifting, feel-good story of tolerance and acceptance

Eileen Caiger Gray reviews Kinky Boots at Sheffield Lyceum (June 11th 2019) A musical about the survival of a failing shoe factory in Northampton seems unlikely – until that story is coupled with a de ...

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The Strange fruit of racism. Some things never change

Robert Tanitch reviews Strange Fruit at Bush Theatre, London W12 Caryl Phillips wrote Strange Fruit in 1979 when he was 21 and had just come down from Oxford University. The play premiered in 1980 at ...

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Oh What A Sight!

Mature Times reviews Rocky Horror Show at Bristol Hippodrome A slightly balmy evening in the centre of Bristol with a throng of people massing outside the city’s premier theatre, the Hippodrome. What ...

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