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 Londonโ€™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

Itโ€™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 Endโ€™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

โ€œOne sees something new every time one looks at truly beautiful things.โ€ 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 Hollywoodโ€™s nineties and noughties. This Oscar Winning Best Actress has that rarest…

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