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“Painfully funny”

Staged – Series 2

BBC One/BBC iPlayer

Second series of Simon Evans’ marvellous meta-theatrical comedy

“Makes magic from an empty theatre”

Sunset Boulevard in Concert – at Home

Curve, Leicester/Online

“Love letter to London”

Dick Whittington

National Theatre/Online

“Curiously cartoonish”

Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist

Online

“Powerhouse performance by Viola Davis”

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Netflix

“An awful lot of fun”

Six

Lyric Theatre, London

“Dazzling effects and stupendous costumes”

Pantoland at the Palladium

Palladium, London

“Deceptively insubstantial comedy”

The Comeback

Noël Coward Theatre, London

“Engaging performances”

Oleanna

Theatre Royal Bath

“Tender and embracing”

Nine Lessons and Carols

Almeida Theatre, London

“Lost none of its power”

Royal Variety Performance 2020

Blackpool Opera House/ITV

“Grown up and cockle-warming”

A Christmas Carol

Bridge Theatre, London

“Syrup and schmaltz”

The Prom

Netflix

“Mixed results”

Voila! Europe

Cockpit Theatre, London and online

“Brilliant and hilarious”

15 Heroines

Online, Jermyn Street Theatre, London

“A minor miracle”

Phoenix

Online

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Staged – Series 2

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Circle Jerk

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The Same Rain That Falls on Me

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Sunset Boulevard in Concert – at Home

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Uncle Vanya

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