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THEATRE REVIEW | Botallack O’Clock
Dangling for 70 mins in a smoky room, adjacent to a stained mattress with Dessert Island Discs emanating from a Bush radio, alongside tick tock tick tock, Beethoven and the squiffed fantasies from an abstract artist who will drink to your health, insult if you were christened Darius or if you work for Blue Peter, […]
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REVIEW | A Naughty Night With Noël Coward at the Old Red Lion Theatre Islington
Absurdly polite confrontations, beastly upper-class pompousness, all served up with preposterous hilarity. Director Jimmy Walters, co-founder of Proud Haddock, has brought to life two works of one of the most famous actor-director-producer-playwrights, Noël Coward. You’ll feel as though you’ve been pulled back to the 1920s for 70mins with two authentic performances of Noël’s short one […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Picture Of John Gray, The Old Red Lion Theatre, London
★★★★ | The Picture Of John Gray, The Old Red Lion Theatre, London ‘We all hide – the only choice is where.’ Based on a true story, C.J. Wilmann’s play is an unconventional love story about secrecy, denial and compromise. In the summer of 1889, Oscar Wilde began a love affair with a young working […]
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THEATRE REVIEW | The Spring Tide at The Old Red Lion, Angel, London
★★★★★ | The Spring Tide at The Old Red Lion, Angel, London This new piece of writing by Carol Vine premieres with a stellar cast put together by Oliver Taheri Productions, and delivers a punchy and passionate play that explores coming out in middle age and the impact on a modern family. We see the […]