Chris Eldon Lee reviews Brad Fits one woman show which returns to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn immediately after Christmas No single man has ever endeared himself to Shrewsbury like Brad Fit. Ten years ago, he took the town’s flagging pantomime and turned into the Rolls Royce of entertainment; directing the show himself and playing the Dame […]
Theatre Review : The Glee Club
Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The Glee Club’, which is Theatre Clwyd until Saturday 14th of March. The tour includes Malvern in April. Where there’s muck … there’s talent. Richard Cameron isn’t the first writer to mine that particular seam, in search of a cracking story. The idea that men who grafted all day long in […]
Theatre Review : Dead Good
Chris Eldon Lee reviews Vamos Theatre’s ‘Dead Good’ which he saw at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn. The tour includes Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre on March 5th and 6th. This is the big one! I have watched Vamos Theatre company with increasing admiration over the past 15 years. They entered my heart in my local village hall with […]
Theatre Review : The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel
Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel’ which is at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until Saturday 29th February … and touring. As every famous fact about Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel has been recorded, catalogued and already turned into film or theatre, it seems quite reasonable to now start making […]
Theatre Review ; Bang Bang
Chris Eldon Lee reviews “Bang Bang”, which is at Theatr Clwyd in Mold until Saturday 22nd February and Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in May. The spirit of John Cleese seeps from every scene of his new play. He’s not actually in it. The producers say, “He wanted to be”, but they “wouldn’t let him”. But he’s […]
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Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The History Boys’, which is at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre until Saturday 22nd February. You could certainly spot the teachers in the audience at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre last night. They were the ones who were laughing the loudest. And who can blame them? For my money, this is Alan Bennett’s funniest play, […]
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