Nicola Hughes Archives

Alex Young as the Baker's Wife and Faith Prendergast as Milky White (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:26 August 2022
Post category:Musical Outside London Review
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Into the Woods with the genius of Gilliam "Careful the things you sayChildren will listenCareful the things you doChildren will see and learn "Lyric from "Children Will Listen.""If the end is…

Cynthia Erivo as Celie and Christopher Colquhoun as Mister at the rear Neil Reidman as Pa (Photo: Nobby Clark)

REVIEW: The Color Purple, Menier Chocolate Factory (2013)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:19 July 2013
Post category:Black History Musical Off West End Review
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Emotion will bring tears to your eyes at the bravery of Celie, and women like her, in the face of adversity. The context, of course, is that these women whose grandparents were born into slavery are still living an oppressed existence dictated by their gender and their lack of economic power.