The lips as breath’s doors is just one of the startling images in Shakespeare’s greatest love story, and the song and speeches of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men bring the tale of Romeo and Juliet vividly to life.
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greatest tragic leads: he might have changed his mind after seeing the
Shakespeare Globe company’s joyful production of Much Ado.
George Bernard Shaw’s tale of class and language is an unpleasant tale, pleasantly told.
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Does violence breed violence? Does an interest in the macabre mean a respect for life, or indicate a moral weakness?
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The aftermath of the sixties provides the background for the Maddermarket’s latest deeply comic production.
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Space journeys, even fictional ones, are fraught with risk. Curious Directive’s new production Pioneer, which chronicles the first manned missions to Mars, is an ambitious and challenging piece.
Explore MoreA shock of blood red curtain, a stark shaft of light and the
nervous ringing of a telephone: these are the key motifs of this sharp and
stylish production of Dial M for Murder.
They can be one of the irritants of summer: bees buzzing around you, clambering over your picnic, harmless and yet simultaneously threatening.
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Trends come and go, but Ewan Wardrop’s magical one-man George Formby biopic show is proof that talent – not topic – is the key to entertainment.
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Behind suburban doors what really goes on: could an outwardly happy couple really plot to murder each other?
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20 years ago, what is there to do but investigate?
There’s always a dilemma around the revival of a classic:
keep it the same and risk a pale imitation, or try a more radical reworking?
From the moment the curtain goes up on Noises Off there’s barely a quiet moment in the house — and that sound is belly laughs coming from the audience.
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criticism: whodunnit in The Mousetrap. But that would spoil the fun, and this
production of Agatha Christie’s classic play is all about fun.
Soldiers emerge from a battered metal cage, courageous but terrified at what might befall them in the unpredictable surroundings of war-torn Iraq.
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