Month: July 2022

JANE AUSTEN’S EMMA – Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth

25 July 2022 5***** It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is still enormously popular. Adaptations for film, television and theatre abound with versions of her novels and pseudo-versions appearing regularly. It is a delight, therefore, to witness Tim Luscombe’s lucid and pacey version of ‘EMMA’ which takes us to the half way …

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THE UNEXPECTED GUEST – Manor Pavilion Theatre- Sidmouth

11 July 2022 5***** Disregard the power of Agatha Christie at your peril. At her best she is a theatrical powerhouse and in the hands of a director with nous and imagination can be a phenomenal stage treat. In this production, Jason Moore is just that director. First performed in 1958, THE UNEXPECTED GUEST was …

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GLORIOUS! – Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth

4 JULY 2022 5***** The extraordinary story of the soprano Florence Foster Jenkins, dubbed ‘the worst singer in the world’ was revitalised by the 2016 film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant; this play, on the same subject, premiered in 2005 starring Maureen Lipman.  The third show in the Sidmouth Summer Play Festival presented by …

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