Half A Sixpence: Flash, Bang, Wallop what a show!

Five Star hit transfers are getting to be a habit with Chichester Festival Theatre as another Musical Theatre classic now makes the move from the delightful South Coast town to the bright lights of London’s West End. In just the past few years, Sweeney Todd and Gypsy have made that same move, and have a…

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Mrs Henderson Presents – Flawed, naked and oh so British

It’s London, 1937, and recently widowed Laura Henderson just bought a theatre. Mrs Henderson Presents premiered in 2015 at the Theatre Royal Bath and now transfers to the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre. I snuck in during London previews a few days before press night to see if everything was tickety-boo.

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Photograph 51: Our review

“One sees something new every time one looks at truly beautiful things.” There is a crackle of electricity as the house lights dim in the Noel Coward Theatre. London has waited 16 years for the return of one of the greatest stars of Hollywood’s nineties and noughties. This Oscar Winning Best Actress has that rarest…

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