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Cynthia Erivo as Celie and Christopher Colquhoun as Mister at the rear Neil Reidman as Pa (Photo: Nobby Clark)

REVIEW: The Color Purple, Menier Chocolate Factory (2013)

Emotion will bring tears to your eyes at the bravery of Celie, and women like her, in the face of adversity. The context, of course, is that these women whose grandparents were born into slavery are still living an oppressed existence dictated by their gender and their lack of economic power.

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Children in When I Grow Up (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre (2011)
celebrates 10 years on 12th November 2021

We had heard from its showing in Stratford Upon Avon last year that Matilda the Musical was rather special but I didn’t expect to be so blown away by this delightful production about the precocious little girl who loves books and is born into a family of book hating telly addicts.

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celebrates 10 years on 12th November 2021