★★★★★ This show is a hoot, or perhaps that should be a honk or a quack. Yet it all starts very quietly, for we are presented with the romantic vista of a tranquil lake, edged by silver birch trees . . .
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★★★★☆ Romantics Anonymous is highly entertaining, though the plot has pretty much run is course by the interval, and the second half consists of a repetition of the same will-they-or-won’t-they theme. It’s rather old-fashioned in many ways, and its combination of wit, romance and dance is very reminiscent of the Astaire and Rogers musicals of the 1930’s.
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★★★★☆ Yasmina Reza is good at ruthlessly puncturing the pretensions of her characters, but her Darwinist vision offers little in the way of hope. God Of Carnage is very funny, but the humour is underpinned with more than a little pessimism about the human race. It’s Lord Of The Flies, but with jokes. Highly recommended.
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★★★☆☆ Once again, the skills of The Twins FX have been employed to produce a jaw-dropping moment or two. This year, the visual highlight is surely the sight of Dick at the wheel of a flying double-decker bus that soars out over the auditorium.
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Hans Andersen’s The Snow Queen is a long, dark and complex tale. This adaptation by Theresa Heskins ditches some of the bleakest elements, so gone are his depictions of the devil, a pack of evil trolls, and a mirror that can reflect only ugliness and sin.
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