Column: No-show limits

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Column: No-show limits

What can we reasonably expect from the people we go and see on stage? It’s a subject that’s been on my mind recently, since curiosity got the better of me and I went to see I Dreamed A Dream, the Susan Boyle musical, which is obviously not your usual SevenStreets fayre. But it got me [...]

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Olympian recovery: Spike Theatre’s ‘The Games’

For those who lost their annual Arts Council cash last year, time is running out. So what do you do? If you’re Spike Theatre, you get out there – and vow to keep having fun, writes Vicky Anderson.

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Radar: Oedipussy at the Playhouse

Expect to witness physical theatre at its very best, as Emma Rice and Spymonkey spoof that grimmest of Greek tragedies in Oedipussy. It’ll have your eye out.

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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Playhouse

A Streetcar Named Desire is, perhaps, the Playhouse’s most complete production we’ve ever seen – and features a performance people will talk about for a long time.

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Review: Gathering Jack at The Casa

A Liverpool-flavoured Ripper update, Gathering Jack was an enjoyable and imaginative production with genuine moments of the uncanny.

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Review: Departure Lounge at the Unity

Imagine if The Inbetweeners (the second time we’ve referenced the hilarious Channel 4 show this week in a review) got stuck in a departure lounge after a week of beery mayhem in Malaga. That’s a little bit what Departure Lounge is like. Only it’s a musical. And everyone has a hidden secret or angst in [...]

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