United Kingdom Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage: Dominion Theatre, London, 25.1.2023. (JPr)
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage returns to raise the spirits of even the most jaded of hearts
Theatre
On tour with A Christmas to Remember, dancers Aljaž and Janette prove a triple threat
Various composers, Aljaž and Janette – A Christmas to Remember: Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara (co-creators and choreography) and Company (Janine Johnson, Adrian Hansel [featured singers], Robbie Kmetoni, Faye Huddleston [lead partners], Aimee Hipson, Alex Sturman, Kiera Brunton, Nick Stuart [ensemble]), Gareth Walker (director and choreographer), Matt Howes (music supervisor). Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, 3.12.2022. (JPr)
The Mirror Crack’d lacks real tension although Susie Blake’s Miss Marple is a comforting presence
United Kingdom Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. 28.11.2022. (JPr)
NT Live’s Jack Absolute Flies Again was wonderfully farcical and funny
United Kingdom National Theatre’s Jack Absolute Flies Again (by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris and based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals): Filmed (directed by Tony Grech-Smith) at the Olivier Theatre, London, and screened by National Theatre Live at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 6.10.2022. (JPr)
GableStage’s Fade explores the complexity of workplace identities with wit and charm
United States Tanya Saracho’s Fade: GableStage, Coral Gables, Florida, 19.8.2022. (SL)
The enchantment of pantomime and aerial ballet: Air Play by Acrobuffos
United States Various – Acrobuffos’ Air Play: Broadstage, Santa Monica, California, 24.7.2022. (JRo)
Jodie Comer triumphs in Prima Facie and is one of the outstanding stage actors of her generation
United Kingdom Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie: Recorded (directed for the screen by Matthew Amos) at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre and broadcast by NT Live to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 21.7.2022. (JPr)
