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Francesca annis as Madame Ranyevskaya and Ian McKellen as Firs (Photo: Jack Merriman)

REVIEW: The Cherry Orchard, Theatre Royal Windsor (2021)

Commotion greets the arrival of the carriages carrying Madame Ranyevskaya (Francesca Annis) and her family.  There are leather suitcases, trunks and hat boxes.  The aged Russian servant Firs (Ian McKellen, playing a man five years older than his actual age) is seen with hairy dundrearies and a bald head but in formal wear. 

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Glenn Adamson as Strat and Martha Kirby as Raven (Photo: Chris Davis)

REVIEW: Bat Out of Hell, the tour New Theatre Oxford (2021)
LONDON 2023 dates here for the Meat Loaf musical!

Bat out of Hell Then I'm down in the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun, Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike, And I think…

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Read more about the article REVIEW: Leopards, Rose Theatre Kingston (2021)
Martin Marquez as Ben Harris (Photo: Iona Firouzabadi)

REVIEW: Leopards, Rose Theatre Kingston (2021)

Niala has been sending him copies of her cv and has emailed that she would like his advice on her future career.  Crucially she had attached a photograph to her cv breaking a code of not revealing age, or gender or appearance to those selecting people for jobs. And he has agreed to meet her on a Friday night outside normal working hours.  

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