Monty Leigh
19 Dec
Reviews 
Review: THE NUTCRACKER - English National Ballet at the Coliseum
By Monty Leigh Monday, December 19 2016, 11:24
As it begins to get colder and darker this December, English National Ballet’s Nutcracker is a refreshing reminder of festivity and warmth. However, despite some fantastic performances, the production felt slightly muddled.
Designer Pete Farmer ensures we open with some truly picturesque moments, as revellers glide on ice and open larger-than-life presents. The Christmas images in the first half are truly picture perfect, with the falling of snowflakes and glistening Christmas trees.
04 Dec
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Review: NICE FISH at the Harold Pinter Theatre
By Monty Leigh Sunday, December 4 2016, 12:25
Having just completed a sold out New York run, the hit-comedy show Nice Fish, co-written by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins hits the London stage. Rylance performs as a perfect clown, with impeccable comedic timing.
20 Sep
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Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
By Monty Leigh Tuesday, September 20 2016, 14:30
State Theatre Company and Frantic Assembly’s offering of Bovell’s THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE taps into our undying fascination with familial relationships, and the way in which they tackle it, taps into our hearts.
The story revolves around the Price family, whose naive youngest child Rosie (Kirsty Oswald) has just returned from her gap year around Europe. The family begins to unravel around her, and a tragic incident punctuates the day her ‘childhood ended.’
18 Jul
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Review: IMPOSSIBLE at Noël Coward Theatre
By Monty Leigh Monday, July 18 2016, 11:55
After last year’s commercial success IMPOSSIBLE returns to the Noël Coward Theatre, where a gang of illusionists and escapologists utilise their unquestionable skill to amaze and ultimately baffle their audience.
“A journey through the history of magic,” IMPOSSIBLE treats to a variety of acts, from Chris Cox’s enigmatic mind-reading abilities to daredevil Jonathan Goodwin’s upside-down escape from a strait jacket, in a blaze of fire, which kept me perched on the edge of my seat.
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