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Andy Plaice

Midlands reviewer

Andy Plaice writes freelance for publications including the Sunday Express and the British Comedy Guide. He's a former editor for Emap and Johnston Press and a senior lecturer in journalism at De Montfort University, Leicester

Reviews

Louise Dearman

Water Babies

Music by Chris Egan, book and lyrics by Ed Curtis and Guy Jones

Archerwest Ltd & Water Babies Musical UK Ltd

Curve, Leicester

24 April–17 May 2014

Rebecca Craven as Tracy Turnblad

Hairspray

Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Whittman and Marc Shaiman, book by Mar...

Curve

Curve Theatre, Leicester

28 February–5 April 2014

Stephen Hogan (Pato) and Michelle Moran (Maureen)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh

Curve Theatre Leicester and Mercury Theatre Colchester

Curve, Leicester

18 October–9 November 2013

Ansu Kabia and Mykola Allen

To Sir, With Love

E R Braithwaite, adapted by Ayub Khan Din

Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Touring Consortium Theatre Company

Royal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton

6–28 September 2013

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