Sean Needham
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9 to 5 The Musical
★★★★☆ Fit for work
After 545 days of darkness, the Playhouse stage lit up last night with a crisp and swinging production of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical, which is playing through to Saturday.
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9 to 5 The Musical
★★★★☆ Packs ambition:
There’s enough ambition delivered with sustained ability to get the blood pumpin’ in the touring production of Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 the Musical, which is at the Playhouse through to Saturday.
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Return to the Forbidden Planet
✭✭✭✭✩ Star struck:
With enough energy to power a spaceship, Return to the Forbidden Planet takes the audience at the Festival Theatre on a journey into sheer delight.
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Review – Our House
✭✭✩✩✩ Substandard touring production
In 2003 the original production of Our House took the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with nominations for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Theatre Choreographer. The new touring production arriving at the Festival Theatre this week bears no resemblance.