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Stage Review: The Great Gatsby at Derby Theatre
David Rankine as Nick Carraway. The Great Gatsby at Derby Theatre. Photograph by T ommy Ga-Ken Wan The Great Gatsby ⭐ ⭐ Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by Elizabeth Newman Directed by Sarah Brigham The character Nick Carraway is the narrator and is purposed well, crucially, he provides a first person narrative of Jay Gatsby (Gatsby) and is an important figure in this old story. The play is structured ar
debra Hall
Oct 92 min read


Stage Review Just Between Ourselves
Helen Phillips (Pam) and Tom Richardson (Dennis) Just Between Ourselves Derby Theatre Photograph Will Green Connie Walker (Marjorie) and Holly Smith (Vera) Just Between Ourselves Derby Theatre Photograph Will Green Joseph Clowser as Neil Jus
debra Hall
May 133 min read


Stage Review - Do I Love You? Derby Theatre March 2025
astonishing to observe the enthusiastic reception and by how much both men and women were equally loving this play.
debra Hall
Mar 203 min read


Kim's Convenience Stage Review
The set of Kim's Convenience at Derby Theatre, Match 2025 Photograph Debra Hall Kim's Convenience Written by Ins Choi Directed by Esther Jun ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Overview Appa has been running his local convenience store in a Toronto neighbourhood for many years, he has become set in his ways and he fixates over small matters and enjoys stereotyping his clientele to make his day more interesting. He's a family man but carries a heavy heart mainly because of enstrangement; his wife Umma thin
debra Hall
Mar 193 min read


Stage Review 10 NIGHTS
Actor, Adeel Ali. A one-man play 10 Nights . Production Image play by Shahid Iqb 10 Nights ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stage Review10 Nights Writer Shahid Iqbal Khan Director Sâmir Bhamra Actor Adeel Ali It is the last ten days of Ramadan and Yasser is apprehensive about participating in itikaf for this duration inside the Mosque. This Islamic practice of seclusion and devotion to: prayer, the recitation of the Quran and to ibadah (worship); is not an easy prospect for Yasser as he will have
debra Hall
Jan 272 min read


WELFARE Derby Theatre Review a new play
Ivan Stott (Bingo Bob) Welfare play at Derby Theatre, Oct 2024 Photograph by Pamela Raith 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Welfare is a new, full length play by Derby born writer, Abi Zakarian. As one might quite rightly anticipate the subject and topics of the play are down-to-earth and this wonderful, stylised interpretation for stage; directed by Sarah Brigham the CEO and Artistic Director at Derby Theatre, complements Zakarian's script and intention. Five generations of one family are tracked
debra Hall
Sep 8, 20242 min read


Animal Farm Derby Theatre Review
The cast of Animal Farm Derby Theatre 2024 Photograph by Pamela Raith ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Writer, George Orwell (1903-1950) presented his well documented theories of political manipulation in the unusual format of farm animals becoming self governing in his acclaimed novel Animal Farm. The dramatisation for stage is an adaptation by Ian Wooldridge. Overview The pigs possess higher intelligence than the other animals and so they set about putting forward seven commandments as a code to
debra Hall
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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