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Theatre and Matt Boothman

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The Rebel Cell

(4 stars)14 Aug 2008

Rap is the language of rebellion in Babasword Productions’ dystopian futuristic England. The central dichotomy – change from within the system versus rebellion against the system – is essentially a very simple one, which is dissected down to molecular…

Miss Sign-On

(1 star)14 Aug 2008

Every negative stereotype of musical theatre is confirmed in this attempt at satire. The titular diva on the dole is a work-shy luvvie, her agent is a money-grabbing vampire and her gay best friend is sex-starved and superficial. More worrying still is…

Mommie and the Minister

Mommie and the Minister

High-camp B-movie gothic horror schlock-stravaganza

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

Gerard Anthony has created a monster. The titular Mommie of this Hammer Horror homage is part drag queen, part Methodist preacher, part Bride of Frankenstein. Anthony's range runs from shrill unctuousness through pious browbeating all the way to…

Women of Troy

(3 stars)7 Aug 2008

Belt Up's production casts its audience as Trojan POWs. Being manhandled into a darkened room by Greek officials promises an immersive, Punchdrunk-style experience, but inside the audience returns to its typical spectator role. While the constant…

Auditorium

(1 star)7 Aug 2008

When Guy finds an audience in his bookshop, he kicks off an ambitious but fatally flawed experiment, which marries farce with audience interaction. The best laughs in this overlong show come not from the script but from devil-may-care audience members.

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