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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – DONCASTER CAST THEATRE – December 1st 2023

Full of bounce, loveliness and nasty but nice helpings of beastliness, Doncaster’s Beauty And The Beast is terrific entertainment. Snappy, sharp, well written and beautifully performed, it offer ...

andrew 324 views 0 likes Dec 8, 2023

Robert Tanitch reviews Nigel Green’s Casey and Diana on line

Nigel Green’s Casey and Diana, directed by Andrew Kushnir, had its world première at the Stratford Festival’s Studio Theatre in Ontario, Canada, in June when it was highly praised. It is to be revived ...

andrew 130 views 0 likes Dec 8, 2023

Robert Tanitch reviews Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures at The Menier Chocolate Factory, London

PACIFIC OVERTURES, described by Stephen Sondheim as “the most bizarre and unusual musical ever to be seen in a commercial setting” was not the first Broadway musical to deal with a clash between Easte ...

andrew 361 views 0 likes Dec 7, 2023

Robert Tanitch reviews The House of Bernarda Alba at National Theatre/Lyttelton Theatre, London

Rebecca Frecknall’s production of Frederico Garcia Lorca’s play is radical and expressionistic. The set, designed by Merle Hensel, is a huge doll’s house on three floors, open and white and drained of ...

andrew 262 views 0 likes Dec 5, 2023