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Via Ukraine, Ellen Kent highlights the inherent drama of Madama Butterfly

08/05/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Puccini, Madama Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kyiv / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor). Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 5.5.2024. (JPr)

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Via Ukraine, Ellen Kent presents a musically satisfying Carmen

08/05/202428/03/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bizet, Carmen: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kyiv / Vasyl Vasylenko (conductor). Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 27.3.2024. (JPr)

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Sleuth is a who does what to whom and its 2024 tour is highly recommended

27/03/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anthony Shaffer’s Sleuth: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 25.3.2024. (JPr)

Neil McDermott (Milo Tindle) and Todd Boyce (Andrew Wyke) © Jack Merriman

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You just might enjoy Stock Aitken Waterman’s full-on I Should Be So Lucky in spite of yourself

14/03/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stock Aitken Waterman’s I Should Be So Lucky – The Musical: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 12.3.2024. (JPr)

Lucie-Mae Sumner (Ella), Billy Roberts (Nathan) and ensemble © Marc Brenner

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Do Giovanni and friends Entertain You? Oh yes, they do!

24/06/202428/02/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Giovanni – Let Me Entertain You: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 26.2.2024. (JPr)

Giovanni – Let Me Entertain You © Lisa Hornal and Tania Richards

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The Wizard of Oz: please take a detour off this Yellow Brick Road

23/02/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom The Wizard of Oz: Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 21.2.2024. (JPr)

The Vivienne (The Wicked Witch) and Aviva Tulley (Dorothy)

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You are urged to see Murder in the Dark though I must keep you in the dark about the play itself

24/02/202431/01/2024 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Torben Betts’s Murder in the Dark: Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 29.1.2024. (JPr)

Torben Betts’s Murder in the Dark © Pamela Raith

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Cliffs Pavilion sees Joe Pasquale at his childlike comic best in Peter Pan as a traditional panto

15/12/202314/12/2023 by Jim Pritchard

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Peter Pan (adapted by Alan McHugh with additional material by Joe Pasquale and Matt Slack): Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, 12.12.2023. (JPr)

Morgan Jackson as Peter Pan with members of the ensemble

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