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Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles (Photo: Alastair Muir)

REVIEW: Cabaret, Lyric Theatre (2006) from our archive

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:22 May 2021
Post category:Musical Review West End
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If there is a problem with this wonderful production, it rests with the casting of Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles. As Sally, Martin is a fresh faced suburban girl but talk about her career as a nightclub singer is laughable because of her obvious lack of singing talent. I cannot believe that Rufus Norris did not do this intentionally. Sally Bowles is shallow and selfish but where do you go with a West End musical where the lead has a weak singing voice and is ineffectual and dislikeable?

Stephen Tomkinson as Frank (Photo: Nobby Clark)

REVIEW: Educating Rita, the Rose Kingston (2020). Tour Dates 2021.

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:20 May 2021
Post category:Outside London Play Review
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As Frank picks up Howards End, the first set book for Rita and mentions its author EM Forster, Rita says, "Forced her? To do what?"

Jermyn Street Theatre

REVIEW: Two Horsemen, Jermyn Street Theatre (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:19 May 2021
Post category:Black History Currently Running Off West End Play Review
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The first long speech is the schoolboys' perpetual source of humour: carboard ripping and toxic smelling flatulence. Banza, attributing this to his bean laden diet, recalls how his teacher led an investigation into the culprit. With small primary school boys and a good sense of the ridiculous, she held them aloft to nasally detect the waft of lingering aroma.