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Emily Panes as Sorel, Issy van Randwyck as Judith Bliss and William Pennington as Simon. (Photo: Andreas Lambis)

REVIEW: Hay Fever, Mill at Sonning (2023)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:31 March 2023
Post category:Outside London Play Review
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Coward’s play is partly farce and part comedy of bad behaviour as the Bliss family pay more attention to each others’ needs than their guests

REVIEW: Romeo and Juliet, Open Air Regent’s Park (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:24 June 2021
Post category:Play Review West End
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The Capulets' masked ball is a socially distanced, visual masterpiece. The music has a heavy beat, maybe heavy metal, and masked figures dance singly and assertively on the scaffolding tiers, all of them flinging off cloaks to reveal clothes that sparkle and shine and shimmer. The dance is more war dance than ballroom.