GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
All Hands on Deck, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield/Touring
Unconvincing plot torpedoes exploration of naval women's contribution in WWII
Admirable: The cast of All Hands on Deck
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
VASHTI MACLACHLAN’S last play Revolting Women was all about women’s suffrage and now she turns her attention to other trailblazing females.
All Hands on Deck, her new production for Mikron, pays tribute to those who served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens).
Following the career of Ginger (Elizabeth Robin) and Lily (Rachel Benson), it explores how their friendship is strained by their different roles and attitudes towards war.
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