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Reviews
The Red Shoes, Theatre Royal Plymouth, until 22 November 2025 and touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Dance barely gets better than this.”
Photo Credit: Dave Morgan.
A Song at Twilight by Noel Coward – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth – until 6 September 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“A production of real class and excellence.”
Photo Credit: Summer Play Festival
Murder in the Dark by Torben Betts - Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth – until 30 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“Very new. very fresh and very effective.”
Photo Credit: Summer Play Festival
See How They Run by Philip King , Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 23 August. 5☆☆☆☆☆ Review: Cormac Richards
“Unalloyed Joy.”
Photo Credit: Summer Play Festival
Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 16 August, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Still stands up today as a wonderfully plotted thriller.”
Photo Credit: Sidmouth Summer Play Festival.
Strictly Murder by Brian Clemens, Marine Theatre – Lyme Regis, until 13th August 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A thriller which works on some levels.”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre.
A Brief History of Women by Alan Ayckbourn, Marine Theatre – Lyme Regis, until 6th August 2025. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“Performed with gusto and commitment”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre
Neville’s Island by Tim Firth, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 1 August. 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“A wonderful advert for the Sidmouth Summer Play Festival”
Photo Credit: Sidmouth Summer Play Festival
Deathtrap by Ira Levin, Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, until 29th July, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Top work from the cast and director.”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre.
Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell, Theatre Royal Plymouth, until 26 July 2025 and touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Mesmerising, eloquent and enlightening.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson.
A Foot in the Door by Richard Harris, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, until 26 July 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“undemanding, diverting and very funny.”
Photo Credit: Summer Play Festival.
Time and Time Again by Alan Ayckbourn, Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth, until 19 July, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Effortlessly produces laughter.”
Photo Credit: Andrew Beckett.
Quartet by Ronald Harwood, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 12 July, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“warm-hearted and poignant.”
Photo Credit: Andrew Beckett.
Don’t Dress For Dinner by Marc Camoletti, adapted by Robin Hawdon, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 5 July, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A fabulously fun and funny production.”
Photo Credit: Andrew Beckett.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare – Poltimore House and Gardens, Devon and touring until 3 August, 5☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A delight from beginning to end.”
Photo Credit: Paul Smith.
A Touch of Danger by Francis Durbridge, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 28 June, 3☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“Perfect escapism”
Photo Credit: Andrew Beckett.
Constellations by Nick Payne, Roborough Studios, Exeter University until 30 May 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review Cormac Richards.
“tackled with a deep sense of care and consideration”
Photo Credit: EUTCO
Quadrophenia – The Mod Ballet, Theatre Royal Plymouth, until 31 May and touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“This is a slick, fully-rounded and heart-wrenching production.”
Photo Credit: Johan Persson
Bat Out Of Hell - Theatre Royal Plymouth 12 May, runs until 17 May 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Indigo Cleverley.
“…magnificent vocal performances and exhilarating energy.”
Photo Credit: Chris David Studio
Dear Evan Hansen – Theatre Royal Plymouth – until 19 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Performed with great skill and wit and with a brilliant leading actor!”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner