Cormac Richards

SWAN LAKE – Birmingham Royal Ballet – Theatre Royal Plymouth

15 March 2023 5***** In the week after Theatre Royal Plymouth have a major coup in appointing Dame Darcy Bussell as its Chair of the Trustees, they bring to the stage an exquisite production of Swan Lake from Birmingham Royal Ballet. BRB visit Plymouth twice a year and it is always something to look forward …

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SHERLOCK HOLMES – THE VALLEY OF FEAR – Exeter Northcott Theatre

13 March 2023 3*** The popularity and fascination with Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes continues unabated. Continual reinventions, reincarnations, revivals and adaptations highlight the longevity of the stories and the character. Blackeyed Theatre are well versed in bringing new adaptations of classic novels to the stage and have previously presented Holmes in ‘The Sign of …

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JAMES WILTON DANCE – THE FOUR SEASONS – Exeter Northcott Theatre

8 February 2023 4**** Exeter Northcott Theatre has been a crusader in bringing dance to the stage and the audiences have been treated to many variations of the artform over the years. They are usually very well supported and the appearance of Cornwall-based James Wilton Dance was welcomed with open arms by a packed house. …

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STRICTLY BALLROOM – THE MUSICAL – Theatre Royal Plymouth

30 January 2023 3*** Baz Lurmann’s 1992 film ‘Strictly Ballroom’ was made on a shoestring, but it has become a firm favourite and helped the world of ballroom dancing no end. Its story of an ‘ugly duckling’ achieving her dream as being a dancer with a more seasoned, but renegade partner is full of charm …

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