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Fringe Theatre Awards @fringetheatreaward.bsky.social · 1d

The Irish government will make its basic income pilot for artists permanent starting in 2026, following a successful trial launched in 2022. .
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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 11h

@theatreroyalwinch @playtothecrowd @rumpustheatrecompany #review @dramagroups #theripperfiles @jack_the.ripper @jacktheripper_officiel

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The Ripper Files presented by Rumpus Theatre.

When I first saw The Ripper Files earlier this year I enjoyed the twists and turns that the lecture-style presentation of the cases of Jack the Ripper took, in discovering who the infamous serial k…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 1d

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@oldvictheatre @iammichaelrosen #davidburnspr @dramagroups #grief #covid_19 #caregivers #nhsheroes #nhs #memories #lifestories #memories

GETTING THROUGH IT-Old Vic.

GETTING THROUGH IT is a performance in two Halves. Michael Rosen uses his literary craft in the first half to talk about the death of his son at the age of 19. Who died from meningitis. Rosen isn&#…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 2d

Are you at The Old Vic today?

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to seeing #michaelrosen this afternoon @oldvictheatre thank you #davidburns for the invitation. Review will be live tomorrow

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Fringe Theatre Awards @fringetheatreaward.bsky.social · 3d

The Fringe Theatre Awards congratulate Frances Barber (Performance) and Leo Flint (Video) in the Cabaret “MUSIK”
Further show information available
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Please see full nominations on the FTA website #theFTA
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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 3d

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@southbankcentre @ninagardnerreviews @dramagroups #Review #dance #southbank

Voice Noise – Queen Elizabeth Hall.

The 90-minute dance show, Voice Noise, showing at Southbank’s Queen Elizabeth Hall is inspired by Anne Carson’s essay The Gender of Sound. She examines the ways in which sound is gendered with…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 6d

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@newvictoriatheatrewoking @ninagardnerreviews @dramagroups #Woking #Review

Here and Now – Woking Ambassador Theatre.

Here & Now showing at the Ambassador Theatre in Woking as part of its UK tour is the new jukebox musical featuring the hits of pop sensation Steps. The story centres around the friendship of fo…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 6d

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@newvictoriatheatrewoking @ninagardnerreviews @dramagroups #Woking #Review

Here and Now – Woking Ambassador Theatre.

Here & Now showing at the Ambassador Theatre in Woking as part of its UK tour is the new jukebox musical featuring the hits of pop sensation Steps. The story centres around the friendship of fo…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 6d

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@newwimbledontheatre @londonsongbird @dramagroups #review @tophatmusical #london #Wimbledon

Top Hat-New Wimbledom Theatre.

The UK tour of Top Hat, currently playing at New Wimbledon Theatre in London, might be just the ticket if you’ve missed out on the ballot for Strictly Come Dancing. With old-school jazz, …

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 9d

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Review of the yet to be released @borleyrectorytheawakening @borleyrectory @strikemediaglobal @dramagroups #films #Review #reviewfilm

Borley Rectory The Awakening by Steven M Smith and Christopher Jolley.

Based on a true story Borley Rectory The Awakening tells a chilling account about the dark history surrounding the old Rectory which had been built on the grounds of an old Monastery where a Nun wa…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 9d

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@pliedandprejudice @dramagroups @carlanorris1 @thevaultslondon #immersive #janeausten #prideandprejudice #review

Plied and Prejudice by Matthew Semple.

The evening begins with the entire evening’s guests arriving at the Vaults venue from Launceston Street. The walls are adorned with floor-to-ceiling cloth curtains depicting the gardens from …

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 12d

GALA NIGHT @choirofman @ninagardnerreviews @anr.pr @dramagroups #london #GALA #Review #mensmentalhealthawareness

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Choir of Man – Arts Theatre London.

Gala night at The Arts Theatre celebrated the four-year anniversary of the hit show The Choir of Man. Set in The Jungle, a fully realised pub complete with a working bar, the cast serve pints and e…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 12d

@anr.pr @robmadge02 @watermilltheatre @dramagroups @carlanorris1 #Charley'sAunt #farce #comedy #Queer
#funny

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Charley’s Aunt-A New Adaptation by Rob Madge.

Rob Madge has adapted the comedy farce Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas with a hilarious queer twist and a modern take on love and relationships while keeping to the original storyline. Which…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 13d

Gorgeous stage, stunning Elvira in last night's very good production of #blithespirit @salisburyplayhouse @wiltscreative @dramagroups @dunn0510 #review #noelcoward #Salisbury #theatres

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Blithe Spiritby Noel Coward-Salisbury Playhouse.

Noel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit is one of his famous plays that has been staged and produced for film and television many times since it was first staged in the West End in 1941. Author Ch…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 14d

@swkplay @synergytheatreproject @fringetheatreawards @dramagroups #theatre #Lifers @cliocrpr #Southwark #southwarkplayhouse #review #drama
#prisondrama

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Lifers by Evan Placey.

SYNERGY bring new plays to the stage that “provide fresh insights” about how the criminal justice system works and to share the reality faced by prisoners. LIFERS tells the story of thr…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 16d

@thecoronettheatre @ninagardnerreviews @dramagroups
#Review #theatre #london #reviewer #theatres

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Code of Engagement at the Coronet Theatre.

An Immersive Performance by Hea Min Jung. In code of engagement, Berlin based, Korean artist and choreographer Hea Min Jung embarks on a spiritual journey which draws on two pivotal moments in her …

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 17d

An interesting setting for a play during the Flying Ants' 24-hour day. @lambethfringe @morley_college @dramagroups #Review
#theatre #flyingantseverywhere #familydynamics #estranged

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Flying Ant Day-Morley College-Johnny Harris Story Theatre.

As the family begin to gather the hospital bed to say their final goodbye’s tension and regrets begin to surface. It’s the one day of the year that “flying Ants” are born, live an…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 18d

RIP Patricia Routledge. An incredible actor who has enriched the arts immensely.

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Patricia Routledge: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 96

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played the BBC's amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp.

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Fairy Powered @fairypoweredpro.bsky.social · 19d

#NEWS

West End hit musical THE CHOIR OF MAN announces UK Tour for 2026

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#WestEnd #hitmusical #THECHOIROFMAN #announces #UKTour #2026 #fairypoweredproductions

West End hit musical THE CHOIR OF MAN announces UK Tour for 2026 * Fairy Powered Productions

THE WEST END AND INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT MUSICAL THE CHOIR OF MAN TO TOUR THE UK IN 2026 14 March – 5 December 2026 The producers of THE CHOIR OF MAN, the Olivier award-nominated international smash h...

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 19d

@parktheatrelondon @mobiustheatre @dramagroups #review #london
#theatre #leekrasner #jacksonpollock #krasnerpollockfoundation

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Lee-Park 90, Park Theatre.

Lee by Cian Griffin is the story of the American abstract expressionist artist Lee Krasner who was married to the artist Jackson Pollock. The story is based a few years after Pollocks death. Krasne…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 20d

@edinplayhouse review of @tophatmusical by #richardpurden @dramagroups #Edinburgh #Review #tophatthemusical

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Top Hat The Musical-Edinburgh Playhouse.

Despite a late start and a pre-interval break due to what seemed to be a technical problem or perhaps the Playhouse’s resident ghost, Albert being up to his old tricks, Top Hat provided a thr…

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 20d

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SALOMÉ-Haymarket Theatre.

This version of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé is described as “a radical new take” on the original work by Gesher Theatre and offers an extremely different version than I have seen before …

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 20d

Not particularly sure how this will be received in the #westend @theatreroyalhaymarket @chloenelkinconsulting @dramagroups #Salome #oscarwilde #london #Review

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Elaine Chapman @elainecreviews.bsky.social · 22d

@irishstorytellingforchildren @vauxhallfarm @lambethfringe @dramagroups #interview #lambethfringe2025 #Fringe

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Neysa Killeen-Interview for Lambeth Fringe.

Neysa Killeen has taken some time out to chat ahead of her performance at the Lambeth Fringe this weekend. The name of the show is “Irish Storytelling for Children” and you can find me at Vauxhall …

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