★★★★★ Not everything is easy to understand, but there is power in ambiguity as the audience is allowed to make up their own mind and not be spoon fed explanations. Gecko manage to pull off a stunning show, with breath taking dance composition, ingenious stage design and first class acting ability to craft a thrillingly dark, funny and ultimately uplifting piece of modern theatre
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★★★★☆ The ultimate message is to indulge in a little bit of group therapy. There is a bitter sweet finale when personal stories are divulged by the trio before a birthing scene slightly less miraculous than the Virgin birth, but equally surprising.
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★★★★☆ Gok Wan as the Fairy Gokmother is very much within his comfort zone, effectively recreating his TV fashion makeover shows as he transforms Cinderella into a ‘Girlfriend’ fit for a Prince. He and Brian Conley have a good chemistry and the occasional, sometimes scripted, give and take is always good natured.
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★★★★☆ After some silliness involving a number of very Monty Pythonesque knights, all called Chris, we meet the evil King Laius, who in a fit of Herod-like rage decides that the prophecy of a boy killing him to take his kingdom along with his wife can be thwarted by killing all children under the age of 10.
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★★★★★ Brilliantly utilising a motley collection of props the pair create a gothic landscape of riotously funny sketches, some of which are instantly recognisable and others more obscure. We are Brontë is fun. We are Brontë is a one off. We are Brontë is unmissable. They are Brilliant.
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