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https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/174252/review-i-know-you-of-old-hope-theatre/ Shakespeare could be said to be the most abused playwright. His plays have been performed a million different ways. In two years I’ve seen six performances of  Romeo and Juliet  and four of  Midsummer Night’s Dream  and each one has been completely different to the other. However, when you look at the prose of a Shakespeare play, there is always the possibility to use them and move them around to produce a completely different outcome. Not sure exactly what I mean? Then nip down to the Hope Theatre where Golem is staging  I Know You of Old . Based on Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ the play is set in a chapel where a lace draped coffin is sat waiting for the funeral tomorrow. The occupant of the coffin is Hero who collapsed and died when, at the altar, her fiance Claudio (Conor O’Kane) denounced her as a wanton woman. Now although he feels so much sorrow and guilt that ...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/172163/review-footloose-the-musical-richmond-theatre/ Gareth Gates as Willard in Footloose. Photo Credit Matt Martin Pub quiz time. Which film, made in 1983 enjoyed the ‘largest February opening weekend in film history’? And which soundtrack album sold more than nine million copies in the USA and knocked Michael Jackson’s album ‘Thriller’ off the No 1 spot? The answer to both questions is, of course,  Footloose  and I caught up with the current UK touring production when it touched down at the Richmond Theatre. In Chicago Illinois, Ren McCormack (Joshua Down) and his mother Ethel (Lindsay Goodhand) are preparing to up sticks and leave. Their destination is Bomont, a small town eight hours drive away from the Windy City. The next day, Ren and his mother, along with the rest of the town, attend church and listen to the preachings of Reverend Shaw Moore (Reuven Gershon). Also in the congregation are Rev Moore’s wife, Vi (Maureen Nolan) an...

https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/150491/apocalypse-cruise-ship-love-affair-above-the-arts-theatre-review/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair (c) David Monteith Hodge, Photographise Cruising, and by that I mean getting into some sort of boat and traveling aimlessly on the high seas, has become a very popular pastime, in fact over 21 million people – 60% of them American – go on a cruise every year. A quick Google (other search engines are available) search reveals that there are cruises designed for every type of person. For example, there is Blues Cruise, which has just docked in Soho’s Above the Arts Theatre, which seems to cater for those that would like an  Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair . Beginning with a flashback to the night when Captain Bleufonde (Joe McArdle) lost the love of his life overboard. Twenty years later and Blues Cruise journey no 666 and with warnings about the end of the world coming soon, Captain B...