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Tag Archives: Betty Blue Eyes
Creators or curators? What’s so great about long runs?
News reporting about the West End seems to veer between two extremes – SOLT boasting about how profits are going up and up, and general panic about shows closing. The announcement of the closure of Betty Blue Eyes was greeted … Continue reading
Is Cameron Mackintosh better than a pig?
Before you accuse us of being offensive, this a question that the man himself would like an answer to. Yes, this is the latest survey to arrive in our inbox. Ten out of ten for brevity, and for offering some … Continue reading
Air-dried ham or pork scatchings? Review of Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello Theatre
2nd April 2011 (matinée), 14th preview (out of 24) This musical comedy gets off to an energetic start with a neatly drawn portrait of an unnamed small Northern town and its inhabitants, at their wits’ end with rationing, and desperate for … Continue reading
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Tagged A Private Function, Adrian Scarborough, Alan Bennett, Annalisa Rossi, Betty Blue Eyes, Gemma Wardle, Jack Edwards, review, Stiles and Drewe
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