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Posts By Stephen Vowles
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786TheatreGoodbye Norma Jeane at Above The Stag Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Liam Burke’s alluring story of famed choreographer Jack Cole is totally mesmerising – especially for film buffs and lovers of stories from...
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442TheatreUndetectable at the King’s Head Theatre: World premiere press night review by Stephen Vowles
Tom Wright, the writer of Undetectable, has it so right with his new play. The energy on the stage between the two...
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196Eating OutEating Out: Old Compton Brasserie reviewed by Stephen Vowles
Stephen Vowles enjoys dinner at the Old Compton Brasserie where he finds a desirable location, delectable food, attentive staff and an awesome...
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212TheatreRobert White, The Tank Top Tour at Leicester Square Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Fresh from being a finalist in Britain’s Got Talent and using that as a launch pad, it’s very clear Mr White’s confidence...
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445TheatreThe Ginger Snapped with Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
It is abundantly clear why Jerick Hoffer won the 5th season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race. He is an exceptional talent and...
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264TheatreA Night At The Musicals with Jonny Woo and Le Gateau Chocolat at Soho Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
The first thing to be said about these two performers is that their commitment to their craft is stupendous. They are out...
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372TheatreCirca at the Old Red Lion Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Tom Ratcliffe’s seminal play Circa is a very modern study on gay life brought successfully to the Old Red Lion stage and...
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301TheatreGreyscale at the Vault Festival: Review by Stephen Vowles
The Vault Festival – currently in full swing in Waterloo – often throws up intriguing surprises and none more so than Leila...
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439TheatreComing Clean: Life As A Naked House Cleaner at private venues and the Vault Festival: Review by Stephen Vowles
Ethan Mechare’s quirky and at the same rather hard-hitting comment on making a living by accommodating people’s fetishes is very amusing, brutally honest and also...
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344TheatreAnd The Rest Of Me Floats at The Bush Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
I first experienced this captivating and totally mesmerising theatrical extravaganza by Outbox Theatre back in September 2017 and what is now abundantly clear...
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419TheatreGently Down The Stream at the Park Theatre: Press Night review by Stephen Vowles
Martin Sherman’s delightful, elegant, charming and stunning play is a masterclass in how to grab an audience’s attention and demonstrates with such an...
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563Theatre[title of show] at the Above The Stag: Review by Stephen Vowles
With music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, book by Hunter Bell and directed with great imagination by Robert McWhir, [title of show]...
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1.4KTheatreLiberty, part of the Deptford Heritage Festival: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
Based on actual events that were documented in Ray Barron-Woolford’s book The Last Queen of Scotland, Ray has dramatised his work and...
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485TheatreEdward II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe: Press Night review by Stephen Vowles
There is an esoteric charm to the writings of Christopher Marlowe and with masterful direction by Nick Bagnall and a beautiful stunning...
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382TheatreTilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist: Review by Stephen Vowles
Bryon Lane who wrote this wonderfully wacky, almost screwball, comedy highlights interesting aspects of celebrity: egotistical mania, pomposity and artistic snobbery with...
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545TheatreNo Kids at Battersea Arts Centre: Review by Stephen Vowles
I love theatrical surprises and with George Mann and Nir Paldi’s theatrical experience this comes in abundance. A couple in real life,...
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1.3KTheatreLilies and Sweets at the Pleasance Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
Nathan Wright, whose debut play this is, wrote this wonderful comedy of manners – also playing the central role of drug dealer...
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711TheatreMy Dad’s Gap Year at the Park Theatre: Press night review by Stephen Vowles
What makes Tom Wright’s play significant – as well as beautiful and worthwhile – is that it is based in truth and...
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459TheatreThe Ruffian on the Stair at the Hope Theatre: Review by Stephen Vowles
It is now official – or so I claim it to be – Joe Orton is awesome! With a very energetic and...
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399TheatreOpen at the Vault Festival: Review by Stephen Vowles
Written and performed by real life couple Christopher Adams and Tim Allsop, Open examines a lot of issues that are intrinsic in...
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559TheatreLeave To Remain at The Lyric, Hammersmith: Press Night review by Stephen Vowles
Written by Matt Jones and Kele Okereke, this modern musical love story performed in a contemporary balletic style – with well-crafted songs...
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665TheatreKompromat at the Vault Festival: First night review by Stephen Vowles
In Russian culture ‘Kompromat’ is short for ‘Compromising material’ and in David Thame’s beautifully constructed two hander this theme, superbly directed in...
