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Love Story – Chichester Festival Theatre
Original Book by: Erich Segal Music: Howard Goodall Book and Lyrics: Stephan Clark Director: Rachel Kavanaugh Reviewer: Jim Nicholson [rating:5] I certainly do not give five star ratings to shows...
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The Hired Man – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Book: Melvyn Bragg Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Director: David Thacker Reviewer: John Roberts [rating:3.5] David Thacker is well and truly established at the Octagon now and has recently revealed his...
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FEATURE: Musical Theatre the Best of British
It has been said here before and I’ll say it again; 2011 is the Year of the Musical. The West End is brimming with a high level of talented performers on its stages, and theatres are seeing good...
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The Kissing-Dance – Jermyn Street Theatre, London
Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics and Book: Charles Hart Director: Lotte Wakeham Reviewer: Ian Foster [rating:3.5] The Kissing-Dance is a Howard Goodall musical with lyrics and book by Charles Hart which is...
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Girlfriends – Ye Olde Rose and Crown, Walthamstow London
Writer and Composer: Howard Goodall in collaboration with Richard Curtis and John Retallack Director: Lydia Milman Schmidt Reviewer: Joanna Forrest [rating: 3.5] The music of Howard Goodalls...
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The Hired Man – Landor Theatre, London
Music and Lyrics: Howard Goodall Book: Melvyn Bragg Director: Andrew Keates Reviewer: Ian Foster [rating:4] The Hired Man was Howard Goodall’s first musical, setting Melvyn Bragg’s story of...
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Love and War – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, London
Conceived by: Lydia Milman Schmidt and Aaron Clingham Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics: Howard Goodall and others Director: Lydia Milman Schmidt Reviewer: Paul Thurtle [rating:4] Love and War is an ‘All...
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Love Story – New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Writer: Erich Segal Book and Lyrics: Stephen Clark Music and Additional Lyrics: Howard Goodall Director: Steve Wooldridge Reviewer: Glen Pearce [rating:5] It’s always a good sign that, even though...
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A Winters Tale – Landor Theatre, London
Book by Nick Stimson Music & lyrics by Howard Goodall Developed & directed by Andrew Keates Reviewer : Jonathan Baz [rating:4] In his programme notes, Howard Goodall says that A Winters Tale is...
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NEWS: Colchester Mercury Launches 2013 Programme
While many theatres are currently announcing their spring seasons, Colchester Mercury Theatre has gone one step further, today announcing programming for the entire of 2013. In his inaugural year at...
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The Hired Man – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Music and Lyrics: Howard Goodall Book: Melvyn Bragg Director: Daniel Buckroyd Musical Director: Richard Reeday Reviewer: Glen Pearce [rating:5] The on-going discussion on the future of the British...
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The Hired Man – Curve, Leicester
Writer: Melvyn Bragg Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics: Howard Goodall Director: Daniel Buckroyd Reviewer: Rebecca Taylor [rating:5] A spell-binding performance that will have you on an emotional...
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Love Story – Paradise in Augustine’s, Edinburgh
Book and Lyrics: Stephen Clark Music and additional lyrics: Howard Goodall Reviewer: Lauren Humphreys [rating:5] Inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling tearjerker of a novel, Love Story by Stephen...
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Days of Hope – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, London
Writer: Howard Goodall Director: Tim McArthur Reviewer: James Bartholomeusz [rating:4.5] The Spanish Civil War has an important yet neglected position in British history. We tend to mark 1939 as the...
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Love Story –Jack Studio Theatre, London
Music and additional lyrics: Howard Goodall Book and lyrics: Stephen Clark Director: Joseph C Walsh Reviewer: Ian Foster [rating:3.5] Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark’s lush musical take on Erich...
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The Public Reviews 2014 Preview: Part III
And as we come to our final part of our 2014 preview of shows in and around the UK and Ireland we ask our regional editors in the North West, London, and along the South Coast what productions are...
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NEWS: Boys and Samuels to star in Bolton Octagon’s Love Story
Producers have today announced that TV talent show stars Daniel Boys and Lauren Samuels will join the Octagon Theatre, Bolton cast of Howard Goodall’s musical adaptation of Love Story. Inspired by...
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Love Story – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Eric Segal Book and Lyrics: Stephen Clark Music and additional Lyrics: Howard Goodall Director: Elizabeth Newman Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe As powerful and devastatingly haunting, witty,...
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The Hired Man – St James Theatre, London
Book: Melvyn Bragg Music and Lyrics: Howard Goodall Director: Nikolai Foster Musical Director: Sarah Travis Reviewer: Glen Pearce There are moments when history and theatre collide to create a moment...
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The Dreaming – Union Theatre, London
Writer: Howard Goodall and Charles Hart Director: Paul Clarkson Reviewer: Maryam Philpott Genuinely novel interpretations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream are few and far between, it’s even rarer to find...
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