Author: Michael Hasted

Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Everyman, Cheltenham

” . . . Ballet is often talked about in hushed, reverential tones and taken awfully seriously. Façade, though, is wonderfully disrespectful and laugh-out-loud funny. After the first little cameo, Scottish Rhapsody, I said to myself, “Yeh, that’s my favourite.” Then the Tyrolean milking piece, Yodelling, and I said, “No, that’s my favourite.” And so it went on . . . BRB is always a joy to watch and I look forward to seeing them with a sort of childish glee of which a man of my age should be ashamed. But I’m not, I love ‘em.”

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To Kill a Mockingbird at the Everyman, Cheltenham

“. . . This production thought it had something new and original to bring to the proceedings. They wanted us to know that To Kill a Mockingbird was from a book. In fact, the whole company, with the exception of the three children and Atticus, had a copy about their persons at all times which they were at pains to demonstrate as they all took turns reading from it . . . ”

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THE GEORGE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK Everyman Studio, Cheltenham

The Everyman’s creative director, Paul Milton, is still tapping in to his rich seam of material based on the great pre-war American songwriters. After Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, The George Gershwin Songbook is another little gem. In the previous two shows Paul managed to create a story line using just the lyrics . . . but The George Gershwin Songbook is a straight tribute with biographical details punctuating the songs.

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