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Lizzie the Musical Review
Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. This is the skipping rhymed based on the true story of Lizzie Borden who was suspected of murdering her father and stepmother in 1892. It’s also the…
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London’s best off-West end theatres – PART II
Jack Studio Theatre This respected South-East London venue provides a diverse selection of theatre ranging from the classics to interesting new writing. Before Christmas their three-hander adaptation of the Hugh Janes’s The Haunting, adapted from the ghost stories of Charles Dickens, was a sell-out hit with the Christmas audiences. I…
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London’s best off-West end theatres – PART I
The Royal Court Theatre Based in Sloane Square this is Britain’s leading national company and is dedicated to new work by innovative writers from the UK and around the world. I recently watched Martin McDonagh’s brilliant black comedy Hangmen here before its West End transfer. Having at least 12 plays…
