Tag: theatre reviews
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Robert Tanitch reviews Sylvia at The Old Vic, London.
SYLVIA, the latest musical to open in London, takes what might be described as a Hamilton all-black approach to the suffragette movement in the UK from 1903 to 1928, when […]
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Robert Tanitch reviews Scottish Ballet’s Coppélia at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
Scottish Ballet’s Coppélia is not the classic ballet which premiered in 1870 but a 21st century update by directors and choreographers Morgann Runacre-Temple and Jessica Wright (collectively known as Jess […]
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OPERA NORTH’S TOSCA – LEEDS GRAND – March 2nd 2023
Drawn in at every turn by characters played and sung with utter conviction, the audience is swept along on Tosca’s thrilling, action-packed, emotional journey, their eyes and ears feasting all […]
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Robert Tanitch reviews Sheridan Smith in Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine at Duke of York’s Theatre, London.
Willy Russell and Pauline Collins had a big success with Shirley Valentine on stage and film in the late 1980’s. The monologue, compassionate, true, sad and funny, made for genuine […]