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March
Once again, thank you to you all for your comments and suggestions. We always love to hear them, as it helps to improve Theatre Record.
This month you can see the 'Manipulate Festival' and the 'Mime London' issues in the February archive now. Although small, we thought it was important to keep them separate from the usual listings. Also the Òran Mór Play Pie Pint season has started, and we will cover the whole season as well as covering all the usual.
I've been to see the NT Live screening of 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and I agreed with Clive Davis in his Times review - 'Think of it as an adult panto' and 'this is one of those National productions where you wonder if the director is throwing everything at the audience and hoping for the best'. The acting was superb. I'm glad I saw it. I've also seen my local drama club production of 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist'. I shall be looking out for the actor playing the anarchist, as I'm sure he'll appear in Theatre Record in the future.
We're also continuing to make changes to improve Theatre Record, including continuing to enter the whole archive. Don't forget, if you ever spot anything that needs looking at, do let us know.
Thank you all, as always for your continued support
Sun 02 Feb 2025
February
As panto season came to an end around the middle of January, we finished all the panto production reviews. You can see them all in out separate ‘Christmas Productions 2024’ issue, which is now in the archive.
We will be producing a separate issue for the Mime London 2025 festival, which used to be called the London International Mime Festival. You can search for these productions in the archive with “MimeLondon 2025”, and it will be included as a separate issue at the end of February.
We are making further changes to the website this month. In doing this work, we have noted some statistics. In Theatre Record, at this point in time, we have covered reviews from 485 theatres, with 709 different venues, and 224 different sub venues. We have covered theatres in 96 towns and cities across the UK.
Enjoy the next issue and, as always, do let me have your suggestions or comments at editor@theatrerecord.com
Wed 01 Jan 2025
January
Happy New Year to you all.
As you'll see we have completed 2024 with a special Christmas issue, which so far has 33 productions reviewed, but there will be more as the pantomime season continues. We will review as many as we can. I'm off to see my local production of Treasure Island later this month. Pantomimes are a cultural phenomenon that weaves their magic through communities across the country. They bring people of all ages and backgrounds together. They bring escape from the everyday and allow us to laugh at ourselves. I shall certainly have a good laugh.
After the panto season is over, Oliver! will open at the Gielgud Theatre on the 14th January and Cymbeline will open at the Globe Theatre on the 22nd. As well as reviewing any productions between now and then, we shall continue to enter the archive.
Thank you as always to all of you for your continued support, and thank you too for all of your suggestions and comments. As always, please keep sending them in to editor@theatrerecord.com