Exceptional performances, imaginative programming, superb presentation: all combine to make Southwell an August paradise for music-lovers
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On the Town it ain't but this tale of three young GIs looking for sex on the eve of going to Vietnam works wonderfully well.
A good production of a flawed thriller
Full-throttle and a cut above the norm
Interesting but ultimately over long play about Charles Darwin and his On the Origin of the Species.
An interesting piece but with production shortcomings
The Southwell Festival: close attention to the tiniest details produces thrilling results
A well-plotted and performed farcical treat
The best sung musical in town. A fine cast is led by Trudi Camilleri as the woman who went over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Skulduggery and laughs. Ingenious
Powerful play about the post traumatic stress suffered by a young soldier who served in Aghanistan. It provides no answers, raises the issues effectively.
This annual open air season outside County Hall gets off to a shaky start, but what the heck - it is FREE.
A splendidly directed, choreographed and performed island in the Caribbean sun musical - a summer evening delight.
Baroque opera - hard to take perhaps, but rewarding as the Greek gods and mortals have the inevitable misunderstandings.
She didn't say yes, she didn't say no - an interesting examination of an alleged date rape which will set you arguing about the truth.
A glorious wallow in the show stopping songs of Jerry Herman delivered with style by a first rate cast.
An unforgettable evening of dance which transforms Shakespeare's Verona to a world inside an institution for disturbed young people.
A perceptive and thought provoking piece of theatre
Interesting and well acted London premiere of a forgotten, perhaps deservedly so, Philip (See How They Run) King play.