By Graham Hiley. Three stars out of five. The middle of a freak and seemingly never-ending heatwave is probably the perfect time to deliver a powerful warning about the impact of climate change. Atlantis is both hard-hitting and tough viewing as it asks some difficult questions of the audience,...
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Review My Fair Lady – Chichester Festival Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Star rating: 5/5. My Fair Lady is one of the all-time classic musicals. For 70 years it has captivated audiences around the world – but has never previously been staged at Chichester Festival Theatre. It is an odd omission given their reputation for putting on top...
Review: Our Man in Havana, Salisbury Playhouse
By Rachel Jones. Images: Jack Merriman. Star rating: 5/5 There is an old theatrical saying that limitations breed creativity, and Salisbury Playhouse’s production of Our Man in Havana is proof of exactly that. Graham Greene’s Cold War satire, part espionage thriller, part political farce and part family drama, is...
Interview: Cameron Blakely, star of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, coming to Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre
By Sally Churchward. Moulin Rouge! The musical comes to Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre on September 24th for a month, as part of its first ever world tour. We caught up with Cameron Blakely who plays Harold Zidler in the sumptuous show. I’ve seen you describe the show as inclusive....
Review: The Importance of Being Oscar, Theatre Royal Winchester
Words by Joy McKay. Photo credit: Marc Brenner. Star rating: 4 out of 5. The Importance of Being Oscar is a play first premiered in Dublin in 1960 written and performed by Micheál Mac Liammóir. It quickly achieved success being shown on Broadway, as an award winning television production...
Review: 45 Years – Chichester Minerva Theatre
By Graham Hiley. Star rating: 4 out of five. 45 Years is one of those plays that stays with you long after you get home – and not just because of powerhouse performances by Geraldine James and Gabriel Byrne. It is absorbing, authentic and completely compelling – and this...
Review: The Talented Mr Ripley at Salisbury Playhouse
By Rachel Jones & Luke Richards. “I never wanted to murder anyone. It was necessary.” Not exactly a comforting opening line, but it tells you everything you need to know about The Talented Mr Ripley. Based on Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller, this adaptation leans straight into questions of identity,...
Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) – Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. Shakespeare’s words that ‘one man in his time plays many parts’ seem very appropriate for this production. Directed and co-written by Adam Long, this is a theatrical compression that is the stock-in-trade of this RSC – the Reduced Shakespeare Company – not to be confused with the...
Review: The Woman In Black, Mayflower Studios, Southampton
By Martin Brisland. Many will know that The Mousetrap is our longest running West End play having started in 1952, but do you know the second longest? It is Susan Hill’s 1983 Gothic horror novel The Woman in Black which Hill has acknowledged was inspired by The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. From 1989, The Woman in Black played a record-breaking run...
Review: Horrible Histories Live (and Undead)! The Concert, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
By Joy McKay. Horrible Histories, a favourite of the Scholastic book fair and hit CBBC show took to the stage at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre last night for Horrible Histories Live (and Undead)! The Concert (2/4/26). Accompanied by two intrepid junior reviewers (aged 8) we went, excitedly, to find out...