★★★★★ Nutcracker! is an irresistible chocolate box of a show. Bourne’s version retains the fantasy and romance of the original ballet, and all of Tchaikovsky’s glorious music, but replaces its rather vacuous storyline with a much stronger narrative.
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★★★★☆This is a tremendously entertaining show … it’s got just about everything that one could want from a family-friendly musical
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★★★☆☆ offers a great daft dollop of thoroughly enjoyable spoofery
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★★★★☆ Living Spit are back with their gloriously irreverent version of the Christmas story, previously called The Nativity, but tweaked here and there for this post-Christmas revival
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★★★★★ Boy meets girl, and seduction is the plan, but here the protagonists are around 40, and it is the woman who is the would-be seducer. The scene is the aftermath of a house-warming party in Laura’s flat, with cans, bottles and half-finished food scattered everywhere. All the guests have gone, except for Danny, who seems undecided about whether or not to stay.
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