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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 17h

📣▪️ REVIEW | DA VINCI'S LAUNDRY at Riverside Studios
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “It’s tight, it’s clever, it’s genuinely funny”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/da-vincis-laundry/
📷▪️ Teddy Cavendish
👉▪️ @riversidelondon.bsky.social @mobiustheatre.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #plays

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 18h

📣▪️ REVIEW | MARY PAGE MARLOWE at the Old Vic
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “We are won over by the truly mesmerising ensemble cast”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/mary-3/
📷▪️ Manuel Harlan
👉▪️ @oldvictheatre.bsky.social @joeevansmusic.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #plays

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 18h

📣▪️ REVIEW | PRISM at Sadler's Wells East
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ “a mesmerising fusion of form and feeling”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/prism/
📷▪️ Do Phan Hoi
👉▪️ @sadlerswells.bsky.social
#️⃣ ▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #dance

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 21h

📣▪️ REVIEW | CHARLEY'S AUNT at the Watermill Theatre
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ “This production is an absolute hoot”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/charleys-aunt/
📷▪️ Mark Senior
👉▪️ @watermilltheatre.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #farce

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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 1d

📣▪️ REVIEW | EXXY at Battersea Arts Centre
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ “beautiful in its simplicity”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/exxy/
📷▪️ Hugo Glendinning
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #EXXY #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 1d

📣▪️ REVIEW | SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA at The Playground Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐½
💬▪️ “a triumph for the cast and creative team”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/scenes-from
📷▪️ Marc Brenner
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 1d

📣▪️ REVIEW | BAD LADS at Live Theatre | UK Tour
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ "powerful, understated, and captivating "
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/bad-lads/
📷▪️ Von Fox
👉▪️ @livetheatre.bsky.social @graeaetheatre.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #BadLads #theatre #drama

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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 1d

📣▪️ REVIEW | THE CHOIR OF MAN at the Arts Theatre
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ "a heartfelt, feel-good show where pints pour, voices soar, and everyone belongs"
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/the-choir-of-man-3
📷▪️ Mark Douet
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #TheChoirofMan

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 2d

▪️ REVIEW | LIFERS at Southwark Playhouse Borough
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “challenges the audience as it challenges the system”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/life...
📷▪️ Richard Southgate
👉▪️ @swkplay.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #drama

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 2d

📣▪️ REVIEW | 4'S A CROWD at the Hope Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “punchy and parodic, mixing zany physical theatre with deadpan one-liners”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/4s-a-crowd/
📷▪️ Anna Clare Photography
👉▪️ @thehopetheatre.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #comedy #farce

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 2d

📣▪️ REVIEW | STUNTMAN at The Place | UK Tour
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “opens with swagger and closes with vulnerability”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/stuntman/
📷▪️ Brian Hartley
👉▪️ @chloenelkin.bsky.social @wearesuperfan.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #dance #theatre #circus

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 6d

Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies at 96 - BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies at 96

She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played BBC One's crime-busting Hetty Wainthropp.

www.bbc.co.uk

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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 6d

📣▪️ REVIEW | BLESSINGS at Riverside Studios
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “Sarah Shelton’s writing is delicately detailed, dropping in countless era-specific references”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/blessings/
📷▪️ Lidia Crisafulli
👉▪️ @riversidelondon.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 6d

📣▪️ REVIEW | MY ENGLISH PERSIAN KITCHEN at Soho Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “original and hopeful”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/my-english/
📷▪️ Ellie Kurttz
👉▪️ @sohotheatre.bsky.social @fourthwallpr.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | LEE at Park Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐½
💬▪️ “The script glimmers with astute judgements, informative history, and shrewd wit”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/lee/
📷▪️ Giacomo Giannelli
👉▪️ @mobiustheatre.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | MONSTER at Seven Dials Playhouse
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐½
💬▪️ “a deeply moving story”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/monster-2/
📷▪️ Benkin Photography
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | MAKE ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN at
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “Silas Hawkins as Max Moore is horribly believable”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/make-england/
📷▪️ Karen Hatch
👉▪️ @gatehouse.london
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | LORD OF THE FLIES at Chichester Festival Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “Staged with intensity and haunting imagery”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/lord-of-the-flies/
📷▪️ Manuel Harlan
👉▪️ @chichesterft.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #LordoftheFlies

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | SALOMÉ at Theatre Royal Haymarket
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “the show is beautifully stylised and atmospheric”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/salome/
📷▪️ Isaiah Fainberg
👉▪️ @chloenelkin.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #OscarWillde

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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | UPROOTED at the New Diorama Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “an emotionally charged and highly visceral, immersive piece of physical theatre”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/uprooted/
📷▪️ Alex Brenner
👉▪️ @newdiorama.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

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thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 8d

📣▪️ REVIEW | 13 GOING ON 30 at Manchester Opera House
🎭▪️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
💬▪️ "heart warming, funny and endearing show"
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/10/13-going-on-30/
📷▪️ Pamela Raith
👉▪️ @palaceandopera.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #musical #13GoingOn30

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 10d

📣▪️ REVIEW | LOVE QUIRKS at The Other Palace
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “A more solid framework would make this a sure-fire, quirky hit”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/09/love-quirks/
📷▪️ Anna Clare
👉▪️ @TheOtherPalace @chloenelkin
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre #musicals

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 12d

📣▪️ REVIEW | THE SHADOW IN THE MIRROR at The Mill at Sonning
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “thoroughly enjoyable”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/09/the-shadow/
📷▪️ Pamela Raith
👉▪️ @kevinwilsonpr.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 12d

📣▪️ REVIEW | THE BILLIONAIRE INSIDE YOUR HEAD at Hampstead Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “an extraordinary piece that gets under our skin”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/09/the-billionaire/
📷▪️ Rich Lakos
👉▪️ @joeevansmusic.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre

thespyinthestalls @thespyinthestalls.bsky.social · 12d

📣▪️ REVIEW | MISTERO BUFFO at the Pleasance Theatre
🎭▪️ ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💬▪️ “an incredible one-man show that will blow your mind”
📖▪️ thespyinthestalls.com/2025/09/mistero-buffo/
📷▪️ Luke Forsythe
👉▪️ @pleasance.co.uk @chloenelkin.bsky.social
#️⃣▪️ #review #thespyinthestalls #theatre