A dream come true

9:27am Tuesday 8th July 2008

Just like the lyrics to the show's big hit Breaking Free, the cast and crew of Epsom's Playhouse's High School Musical were soaring and flying, they undoubtedly gave it their all in this high-energy production.

	Relive those teenage kicks
	9:25am Tue 17 Jun 08
	On the eve of your 39th birthday, getting to revisit your teenage years for a couple of hours is possibly one of the most precious gifts you could ask to receive.

Vintage Ayckbourn from Q2 Players

3:36pm Friday 16th May 2008

Even theatre critics can get writer's block, so your reviewer sympathised with the frustrated members of the writing circle in Ayckbourn's Improbable Fiction. They all have stories in their heads, but how can they get them down on paper?

	Bit of a dog's dinner
	2:44pm Wed 23 Apr 08
	Although what it says on the tin (of dog food) sounds interesting - the real-life tale of a six-year-old Russian boy found living with wolves - in practice this confusing piece of theatre from NIE at BAC simply does not ring true.

Celebrating not such good times in TTC triumph

10:01am Monday 7th April 2008

Why is Michael so foul-mouthed and bad tempered? Why has Christian become clinically withdrawn? What drove their sister to her untimely death?

	Truly madly, Deeply moving
	10:13am Fri 14 Mar 08
	"I still believe that the best plays are about people," said Terrence Rattigan, "not about things." The reason, perhaps, why Rattigan work was for so long out of fashion, overshadowed first by the kitchen tap of the 60s and more recently by the faceless threat of post-9-11 terrorism.

‘Lost’ classic is rediscovered

10:24am Friday 14th March 2008

Teddington's Normansfield Theatre made musical history last weekend when it hosted the only professional revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's Thespis since its premiere at the Gaiety in 1872.

Angela great at dishing out the orders

9:24am Monday 3rd March 2008

Angela Thorne, who always had to play second fiddle to Penelope Keith's overbearing Audrey Fforbes-Hamilton in television's To The Manor Born, enjoys a role reversal in Ring Round The Moon at the Playhouse Theatre, London.

Jo adds a whacky touch to Gilbert and Sullivan

2:41pm Friday 22nd February 2008

If you like good music and silly knock-about fun you should love the latest production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance at the Gielgud Theatre.

	Love thy neighbour
	3:04pm Thu 21 Feb 08
	The Orange Tree has a fine reputation for staging small-scale chamber musicals, from which some of the biggest names in the West End have launched their careers.

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