★★★☆☆ Merry Wives bears the fault marks of its hurried construction and is rarely revived. Characters from the Henrys are included but, his male followers apart, not linked to him. The action is limited to comic happenings, with no place for Falstaffian philosophy on greater issues.
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★★★★★ As the poet considers the weight of every word so great acting considers each gesture and inflection. It operates in a realm beyond mere excellence, where it illuminates at the same time as exciting a delight for its own sake . . . If David Suchet is exceptional that is only because the level of everything else in the production is excellent.
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★★★★☆ From the moment a large storybook opened centre stage to reveal little Shrek and his parents bidding him farewell, we knew this production had plenty of magic dust up its sleeve.
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★★★★☆ In the Mexican border town of Juarez the local kingpin is making millions smuggling the tasty comestibles into the States. Nobody gets in his way and nothing can stop him, that is until the arrival of a rough round the edges and diligent SEA (Snack Enforcement Agent) Sam Walker. . .
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★★★★☆ Phyllis Logan gives a performance to rank alongside the best of the triumphs hosted by the Ustinov over the last few years . . .The play is a cage fight between morality and literature, the outcome of which is deliciously ambivalent. Switzerland, a place famed for its neutrality is thus an apt motif for a play about moral turpitude and its consequences for psychology and creativity.
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★★★★☆ You know those things you’ve always wanted to say about someone? They are usually bad things and you know you must keep them to yourself. Well, in Said and Done Sugerscratch Theatre pretty much say them all. The two protagonists are at a wedding, the nuptials of the sister of one of them . . .
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