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Penelope Wilton as the Queen Mother. (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Backstairs Billy, Duke of York’s (2023)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:11 November 2023
Post category:Play Review West End
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The Backstairs at Clarence House "She is the national symbol of resilience and serenity."Billy Tallon Penelope Wilton as the Queen Mother. (Photo: Johan Persson) The first impression is of opulence. …

Frances Barber as Elsa, Amanda Abbington as Debbie and Reece Shearsmith as Peter. (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: The Unfriend, Criterion Theatre (2023)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:21 January 2023
Post category:Play Review West End
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Lowest Comedy Dominator "You could snap a proctologist off at the knuckle! "Elsa Frances Barber as Elsa, Amanda Abbington as Debbie and Reece Shearsmith as Peter. (Photo: Manuel Harlan) It…

Simon Russell Beale as John Gabriel Borkman (Photo: Manuel Harlan)

REVIEW: John Gabriel Borkmam, Bridge Theatre (2022)

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:2 October 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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Fraudsters’ final victims are themselves and their families “Like Ibsen’s Borkman, brooding upstairs, Madoff seemed to think that his criminal career was the result, not of greed, or avarice, but…