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Theatre reviews roundup: John Proctor Is The Villain - Royal Court
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (140+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre The Standard's Nick Curtis described it as "a terrific piece of provocative entertainment.' He wrote: "Though the play is mechanical in the way it works through #MeToo…...
Marie & Rosetta with Beverley Knight - theatre reviews roundup
3+ week, 4+ day ago (260+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre Here are some reviews of the production from its opening at the Rose Theatre: Ammar Kalia for the Guardian felt: "The music is immediate and brilliant, with…...
Theatre reviews roundup: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (152+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre The Times" Clive Davis damned with faint praise: "The truth, though, is that while the folk-inflected songs by Mike Rosenberg (known as Passenger) are amiable enough'Joyce"s…...
Theatre reviews roundup: Shadowlands with Hugh Bonneville
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (203+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre Holly O'Mahony for The Stage criticised it for being "rose-tinted': "while it's witty, there's something insincere about Nicholson's script " polite and polished for palatability, it's the version…...
Theatre reviews roundup: Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at Old Vic
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre BroadwayWorld's Aliya Al-Hassan asked rhetorically: 'Does it matter if you don't understand the complex scientific and mathematical theories? Not at all. Carrie Cracknell's magnificent revival has huge…...
Theatre reviews roundup: A Ghost in your Ear
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (358+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre "If you've come to be scared, you're in the right place. This is a good, old-fashioned ghost-train of a story' declared The Guardian's Arifa Akbar. Miriam Sallon…...
Theatre review: When We Are Married - Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (265+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre The final couple, Clara and Herbert Soppitt, are played by Samantha Spiro and Jim Howick. Herbert is a textbook'by which I mean clich'd'henpecked husband, but the dynamic…...
Theatre reviews roundup: High Noon - Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (154+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre Alice Saville of The Independent said: "Billy Crudup lends a quiet integrity to the role of " Kane, who finds his town turns its back on him, while…...
Pinocchio at The Globe - Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (278+ words) Theatre Reviews with Paul Seven Reviews of stage shows and features on theatre Written by Charlie Josephine (book and lyrics) and Jim Fortune (music and lyrics), The Globe's Christmas show melted the hearts of the critics. The creation of the…...