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Follies (Victorian Opera) – musical review

A couple of fraught relationships and bygone days are at the heart of Stephen Sondheim’s pointed Tony Award-winning musical, Follies.…

Shirley Valentine (Athenaeum Theatre) – theatre review

Life hasn’t turned out the way 42-year-old Liverpool housewife Shirley Valentine had envisaged. Married with two adult children – a…

A Body at Work (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Writer and performer Frankie van kan came from a liberal family and, for the most part, was comfortable in her…

37 (MTC) – theatre review

When I first saw 37 almost a year ago, I was suitably impressed by the authenticity, grit, vitriol and humour…

Sing Sing – movie review

A moving tale of rehabilitation, featuring many convicted criminals playing themselves, it is based on a theatre group at the…

Flight Risk – movie review

So far over the top, but fun, Flight Risk is a guilty pleasure. It is all about carrying a government…

The Brutalist – movie review

Stunning. A masterpiece. The Brutalist is a richly woven tale of pain and perseverance. It is the film of the…

A Complete Unknown – movie review

Bob Dylan is his own man, someone who has forged his own path in music, not restricted by convention. A…

Penn & Teller 50th Anniversary Tour (touring) – theatre review

Magicians, comedians and crowd pleasers extraordinaire with the Midas touch … and they have been doing it for 50 years.…

We Live In Time – movie review

We Live in Time may well be renamed The Cruel Price of Love, for this is a bittersweet romance, featuring…