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King Lear – Almedia
Powerful, angry performances hold together Yaël Farber’s sprawling, bleak vision of a king and his country in terminal decline in King Lear at Almeida Theatre, London.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read
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Nye Bevin – Donmar
At London’s Donmar Warehouse, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body depicts the establishing of the National Health Service through the eyes of a Shropshire doctor.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read
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Bangers (BOV)
Bristol Old Vic theatre was caught in the middle of a real-life drama when the star of its latest production was injured at the start of a sell-out run of Bangers at the Weston Studio.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read
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Talented Mr Ripley
It feels appropriate, somehow, that Tom Ripley, the ever-chameleonic con man created by author Patricia Highsmith, has proven a bit of a...

Paul Gainey
May 294 min read
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Patriots – Noel Coward Theatre
Patriots circles around a group of high-profile dissidents, some now dead. Chief among them here is Boris Berezovsky, a talented mathematician turned businessman, and friend turned foe to Vladimir Putin.

Paul Gainey
May 283 min read
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Indiana Jones – last one
Indiana Jones is back. The good news is that it isn't a disaster. It's a respectable, competent addition to the series and Indiana goes out on a high.

Paul Gainey
May 284 min read
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Oppenheimer
"Oppenheimer” is director/writer Christopher Nolan’s best and most revealing work. It’s a profoundly unnerving story told with a traditionalist’s eye towards craftsmanship and muscular, cinematic imagination

Paul Gainey
May 284 min read
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Four Season – Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Live and the Bristol Post ran my review of Bristol Old Vic's festive children's musical play, "Four Seasons".

Paul Gainey
May 281 min read
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Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer is now unquestionably this year’s frontrunner, with 13 nominations, mushrooming on the horizon and seemingly set to incinerate everything in its path. We will know tonight as it's Oscar night!!

Paul Gainey
May 282 min read
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Operation Mincemeat
As proof that super shows can come in small packages, it’s a pleasure to welcome Operation Mincemeat to a West End too often characterised by musical bloating

Paul Gainey
May 282 min read
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Guys and Dolls – Bridge Theatre
Astonishingly, Guys and Dolls is the Bridge Theatre’s first ever musical, but on the strength of such a vivid, vibrant triumph of a revival, I should hope not its last.

Paul Gainey
May 283 min read
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Promising Young Woman
Have the Oscars started taking Carey Mulligan for granted? It’s a measure of how highly the British actor is regarded that her latest nomination – her third – has been met with so little fuss. No one expected her to win for her performance as Felicia, Leonard Bernstein’s glamorous, long-suffering South American wife, in Maestro.

Paul Gainey
May 283 min read
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Complete Works of Jane Austen – Alma Tavern
The Alma Tavern’s in house company Schoolhouse Productions brings us ‘The Complete Work of Jane Austen (Abridged); a funny, fast-paced romp through the masterpieces of Jane Austen,

Paul Gainey
May 282 min read
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Play On – BOV
The story is a twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, but no prior knowledge of the play is needed. Play On! takes place in New York City’s Cotton Club in the 1940s and combines the music of Duke Ellington – performed live on stage by the excellent band and exceptional performances from the whole company – with street dance choreography...

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read
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Sturgill Simpson – Beacon
In his long-awaited return to music, Sturgill Simpson under his new name Johnny Blue Skies brought a mesmerizing, marathon performance to the Bristol Beacon under the banner of the “Why Not?” tour

Paul Gainey
May 224 min read
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Sweetpea
In the iconic movie The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger's Joker chillingly tells Batman: "Madness is a lot like gravity...all it takes is a little push." And in Sky Atlantic series Sweetpea, we discover what happens when a wallflower, who's spent her life being mistreated and ignored, is given the greatest of shoves...

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read
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Treasure Island – Newman Theatre
Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-loved novel Treasure Island has been brought to life by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in an unashamedly swashbuckling reimagining of the classic tale

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read
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Cardinal Black – Komedia, Bath
Cardinal Black’s performance at the Komedia, Bath, was not only a testament to their skill but also a showcase of their connection with the audience.

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read
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