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A randy romp in Oklahoma!

A randy romp in Oklahoma!

3:50pm Saturday 27th June 2009

CONSIDERING it is such a staple of the theatre, including countless amateur dramatic productions, I had never realised quite how much sexual frustration is evident in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical.

Cyrano de Bergerac, Chichester Festival Theatre

Cyrano de Bergerac, Chichester Festival Theatre

3:22pm Saturday 16th May 2009

JUST don’t mention the nose. Few who do live to tell the tale.

Best of Irish dance and music

Best of Irish dance and music

4:05pm Friday 8th May 2009

THE musical extravaganza Essence of Ireland is coming to the Kings Theatre in Southsea for a fantastic night of Irish arts.

Faith Healer, Salisbury Playhous

12:48pm Wednesday 6th May 2009

BRIAN Friel, playwright of Making History, Translations, and the awardwinning Dancing at Lughnasa, wrote Faith Healer in 1979 and this thoughtprovoking drama doesn’t date.

Energetic show – but what was going on?

10:32am Thursday 23rd April 2009

THE Art of Catastrophe tells the tale of a woman trapped in a dull marriage who suddenly discovers her husband is having an affair.

It’s the Stupid Economy Part 1:The Manifesto

It’s the Stupid Economy Part 1:The Manifesto

10:34am Thursday 23rd April 2009

MARK Thomas’s shows frequently fall somewhere between a stand-up gig and a lecture by your favourite history teacher, and tonight’s show was no exception.

Ken Dodd, Poole Lighthouse

Tickets to see Ken Dodd in Weston go on sale on tomorrow.

By Jove Missus! If you imagined Ken Dodd at 81 might start to shorten his shows think again.

Al Murray, BIC, Bournemouth

A FRUIT-BASED DRINK FOR THE LADIES? the inimitable Al Murray

11:19am Saturday 11th April 2009

AL Murray became an overnight success with his great comedy creation the Pub Landlord, and it’s in this patriotic publican guise that he took to the stage in Bournemouth.

Fair play to David Essex

Fair play to David Essex

9:52am Tuesday 7th April 2009

THEATRES across the world are filled with shows made up of songs from the back catalogues of various musical stars.

El Circo De La Sombra, The Nuffield Theatre

12:02pm Monday 6th April 2009

A delight from start to finish – El Circo De La Sombra was a real gem.

Billy Liar at the Theatre Royal Winchester

12:00pm Thursday 26th March 2009

IN REAL life, against a backdrop of global financial disintegration, it would be hard to muster much sympathy for a compulsively lying workshy layabout like Billy Fisher.

Spyski (or The Importance of Being Earnest)

Spyski (or The Importance of Being Earnest)

11:47am Thursday 26th March 2009

IF a play which begins as an Oscar Wilde classic and moulds into a tale of espionage sounds a little bizarre, that’s because it most certainly is.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

11:57am Tuesday 24th March 2009

DECADES have passed since Joseph first pulled on his dreamcoat in London’s’ West End.

Hot Flush at The Mayflower, Southampton

Hot Flush at The Mayflower, Southampton

12:01pm Tuesday 17th March 2009

I HAD no idea the menopause could be so much fun!

The Marriage of Figaro, The Mayflower

3:11pm Saturday 14th March 2009

THERE are many who would consider Mozart’s masterpiece The Marriage of Figaro to be their favourite opera, and the packed auditorium at The Mayflower would seem to confirm this – but one wonders what they made of this production.


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