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Rachel Weisz as Evelyn and Paul Rudd as Adam (Photo: Alastair Muir)

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Neil LaBute's brilliant take on body shaming from 2001 "Art is anything I can't do"Neil LaBute Rachel Weisz as Evelyn and Paul Rudd as Adaml (Photo: Alastair Muir) Note: With…

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REVIEW: Grit of Life, Widgeon Theatre Boat (2021)

For anyone who has fond memories of time on a canal boat, not actually being a bargee but borrowing one for a holiday, this show is a must, a celebration of the canals and those who live on them.  Grit of Life is narrated by John Knowles, author and director, with Rory McLeod as song writer, on an 84 year old Canal Boat. The Widgeon Theatre Boat can tour its play with music to navigable water ways and you can sit the other side of the towpath. 

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Adam Bailey as Bob Gaudio, Ben Joyce as Frankie Valli, Benjamin Yates as Tommy De Vito and Karl James Wilson as Nick Massi (Photo: Darren Bell)

REVIEW: Jersey Boys, Trafalgar Theatre (2021)

Although Jersey Boys is a musical made up of a back catalogue, and what a back catalogue it is, it has a good content of interesting biographical detail about these remarkable singers which drives the show.Tommy De Vito (Benjamin Yates) is the driving force getting the group together and recruiting the amazing Frankie Castelluccio (Ben Joyce) with his incredible falsetto voice. He changed his name to Frankie Valley and later to the more Italian ending Valli after a Texan hillbilly singer, Jean Valli.

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