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Posts By Stephen Vowles
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110TheatreGuys and Dolls at the Royal Albert Hall: Review by Stephen Vowles
The grandeur and magnificence of the Royal Albert Hall proved to be the perfect backdrop of this concert performance of the gangsters...
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617TheatreThe Inheritance at the Noel Coward Theatre: Press Night Review by Stephen Vowles
The Inheritance is about relationships; the men you have loved and lost. It is the world of literature and slight homo snobbery. The...
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693TheatreThe End of Eddy at the Unicorn Theatre: First night review by Stephen Vowles
I seldom rave about an experimental piece of theatre where different kinds of art form are blended and intertwined together but with...
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1.3KTheatreGuy The Musical at the King’s Head Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Guy The Musical is a fabulous mix of electric, synth-pop, punk, funk, rap, disco and high energy that will blow your socks...
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476TheatreFree and Proud at the King’s Head Theatre: Opening night review by Stephen Vowles
Charles Gershman’s Free and Proud at The King’s Head Theatre has a good message at the heart of the play. Both actors...
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1.7KTheatreNext Lesson at the Above The Stag Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
The first thing to say about Chris Woodley’s play Next Lesson is that it is very good. An A+, 10 out of...
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888TheatreAll That at the King’s Head Theatre: First Night review by Stephen Vowles
Revisiting Shaun Kitchener’s All That after seeing it for the first time back in June 2017, it is very clear that the...
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669TheatreLittle Shop of Horrors at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
This production of Little Shop of Horrors – book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken, based on the film...
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784TheatreA Little Hero at the White Bear Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Written by Valeriy Pecheykin, A Little Hero may never be staged in his native Russia due to a 2013 law banning distribution...
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1.2KTheatreSacred Monster starring Billy Lykken and Rick Skye is Liza Minnelli Live! at Live at Zedel: Review by Stephen Vowles
Crazy Coqs and Live at Zedel continue to stage shows that are superb and extremely entertaining and none more so than Sacred...
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898TheatreRush at the King’s Head Theatre: First night review by Stephen Vowles
Willi Richards’ first play is rather a complex affair highlighting the complications of being gay in 2018. Rush explores the problems of...
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1.0KTheatreClub Swizzle at The Roundhouse: First night review by Stephen Vowles
With the mesmerising Reuben Kaye as Master of Ceremonies and an excellent opening number featuring a mash up of heavy metal, Brecht...
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2.1KTheatreHappy Ending at Above The Stag – Studio Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
To find out if Ronnie Larsen’s highly amusing play Happy Ending finishes with the two characters going off into the sunset...
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1.6KTheatreJames Dean is Dead (Long Live James Dean) Review by Stephen Vowles.
Jackie Skarvellis’ mesmerising play at the Kings Head Theatre about James Dean is a beautifully observed and well informed piece about the...
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1.2KTheatreThe Penetration Play at Above The Stag’s Studio Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Written by Winter Miller, The Penetration Play is a stylish, verbally taut and quirky comedy about manners and how you become part...
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939TheatreLast One Here: A review by Stephen Vowles
What is so immediately enjoyable about Martin Blackburn’s play Last One Here is if he has drawn on personal experiences to construct this...
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373TheatreLe Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo: A Night at the Musicals. Review by Stephen Vowles
The publicity poster for this musical celebration at the Soho Theatre claims that ‘no show is safe’, which is true, but...
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1.1KTheatreBeirut at the Park Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Alan Bowne’s provocative and sexually-charged 60 minute theatrical experience can be likened to lighting a touch paper, seeing the fuse fizzle and...
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563TheatreFinishing The Picture at the Finborough Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Arthur Miller’s marriage to Marilyn Monroe was certainly a turbulent one. He never denied it and his play After The Fall savaged...
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493TheatreLonely Planet: Review by Stephen Vowles
I was captivated by Steven Dietz’s beguiling play, Lonely Planet, when I first saw it performed last year. The play is a...
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1.9KTheatreGhost About The House at the King’s Head Theatre: Review By Stephen Vowles
Matthew Campling’s skill as a playwright once again shines through with Ghost About The House. The show is an utter delight from...
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662TheatreBeautiful Thing at Above The Stag Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
To mark the opening of their new and rather fabulous venue on the Albert Embankment it was fitting that Above The...
