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11. Popcorn at The Progress Theatre
Get Bracknell, Monday 11 May 2009Ben Elton’s play of celebrity, sex, violence and the litigious society hasn’t lessened in relevance in the last decade or so.
12. The Secret Agent at South Street
Get Bracknell, Thursday 23 October 2008This adaptation of Conrad's novel has just about everything needed to make a truly gripping show.
13. Danny Bhoy, at South Street
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 08 October 2008This young, personable Scot made much of the fact that he had been booked – as the first act during this year’s Reading Comedy Festival – for two shows by an overly optimistic programmer.
14. Titanic The Musical
Get Bracknell, Thursday 05 June 2008Initially this may seem an odd topic for musical theatre to attempt, but in fact it fits neatly into the series of works Stephen Sondheim created.
15. Beauty and The Beast on Ice
Get Bracknell, Thursday 15 May 2008There is no denying the spectacle is spectacular, the dancers are superb and the whole thing is a delight and a pleasure for anyone who’s ever sat watching a ballet and thought to themselves, ‘Well, this is very nice, but couldn’t it be faster and smoother and funnier?’
16. The Naked Truth, The Hexagon, 29/4/08
Get Bracknell, Friday 02 May 2008The main problem with this play is its continual feeling of unsurprise and its lack of originality.
17. George And The Dragon, South Street, Sunday 27/4/08.
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 29 April 2008Garlic Theatre have won numerous awards for their puppetry shows and it’s quite obvious why.
18. Review: Kiss Me, Kate
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 23 April 2008If there’s one thing Cole Porter could be trusted to do, that was to write great tune after great tune and, from the very outset, Kiss Me, Kate is filled with them.
19. Four Nights In Knaresborough, 15/4/08
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 16 April 2008This is the second ‘what happened next’ play in a row that the Progress have put on. First came After Juliet, imagining Verona in the aftermath of Shakespeare’s big romantic tragedy, and now this play, dealing with a year stuck in a castle in rainy Yorkshire following the assassination of Thomas à Becket.
20. Review: Treasure Island, at The Hexagon
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 19 March 2008The Birmingham Stage Company are well-known for their innovative, imaginative and successful on-stage thinking and with this adaptation of Stevenson’s classic tale of derring-do they don’t fail to make something special.
