Read more about the article REVIEW: The Shark is Broken, Ambassadors Theatre (2021) Extending to 13th February 2022
Ian Shaw as Robert Shaw, Demetri Goritsas as Roy Scheider and Liam Murray Scott as Richard Dreyfuss (Photo: Helen Maybanks)

REVIEW: The Shark is Broken, Ambassadors Theatre (2021) Extending to 13th February 2022

Robert Shaw's son, Ian Shaw has written this richly comic play with Joseph Nixon and in The Shark is Broken  he plays his own father.  The resemblance between father and son is remarkable, especially in profile and in voice where it is uncanny. Robert Shaw in the film plays Quint a shark hunter brought in by the town of Amity Island to restore confidence in their summer beach trade.  Roy Scheider (Demetri Goritsas) played the Chief of Police of Amity and Richard Dreyfuss (Liam Murray Scott) was a marine biologist. 

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REVIEW: Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre (2021) closing 8th January 2023

"No Woman No Cry" sees Gabrielle Brooks perform a real show stopper and in the splendid final songs is "Redemption Song", the inspirational words of which the audience know "the songs of freedom" with its contrasting folk-based rhythm. The gentle "Three Little Birds" follows with "every little thing gonna be alright" and its "don't worry" message .  "One Love" calls for peace, unity and inclusion.  "Could You be Loved" has a magical and irresistible vibe.  To close is the title song of the show Get Up Stand Up!   and yes we got up and stood up as I suspect they will every night for some years to come.

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