Category: Stephen Sondheim

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Dreamy Album Reviews: Matthew Croke – Only Dreaming & Anna O’Byrne – Dream

A pair of dreamy album reviews with Matthew Croke’s Only Dreaming & Anna O’Byrne’s Dream “Moonlight and…

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Winners of the 2019 Olivier Awards

Each to their own, eh?! BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL WINNER – Jonathan…

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Yet-another-re-review: Company, Gielgud Theatre

Just the one more trip to see the glorious Company at the Gielgud Theatre before it sadly…

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Review: Follies 2019, National Theatre

The Olivier Award-winning Follies returns to the National Theatre in richer, deeper, more resonant form and just…

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Critics’ Circle Awards 2018: the winners in full

The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer  Chris Walley for The Lieutenant of Inishmore Noël Coward…

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My 10 favourite shows of 2018

And so here we are, at the end of another year where I broke the 300 show…

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Re-re-review: Company, Gielgud Theatre

I can’t keep away from Marianne Elliott’s award-winning Company, and it richly repays the rewatching “A festive atmosphere…

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Re-review: Company, Gielgud Theatre

As if you needed more convincing, here’s another 5 star review of this superlative re-imagining of Sondheim’s Company…

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Review: Company, Gielgud Theatre

The company of Company are simply sensational at the Gielgud Theatre – Rosalie Craig, Patti LuPone, Jonny…