September 2019

A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED – Theatre Royal Plymouth

3*** 24 September 2019 Agatha Christie remains a staple of the amateur theatre world, with the professional production of ‘The Mousetrap’ still, fairly inexplicably, running in the West End. Occasionally a new production appears, as it did earlier this year with an adaptation of Christie’s book, ‘The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side’ in which

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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE – Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

5***** 20 September 2019 Pierre Beaumarchais’s stories have had a longevity envied by many of his contemporaries I can only imagine – the fact that two of them have become beloved opera’s which are continually performed are as much a tribute to the composers as to the original writer. Now, I will be honest, I

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TOM, DICK AND HARRY – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth

4**** 12 September 2019 Entering the auditorium, one is greeted with the strains of music from the ‘Carry On’ films – beloved of many, decried by others. To me, the tunes conjour up ludicrous plots, extreme characters, mad capers, campery, innuendo and saucy dialogue – this is not an accidental choice to set the scene

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