Articles by Johnny Fox
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Theatre Review: A Clockwork Orange @ Stratford East

Explosive Clockwork Orange premieres at Stratford on the day Westfield opens fusing gang violence, criminal psychotherapy, blues and jazz.
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Westfield Stratford Opens To The Sound Of Smashing Glass

Europe's largest mall attracts thousands on opening night.
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Theatre Review: Ghost The Musical @ Piccadilly Theatre

Ghost : a musical for the X-Factor generation.
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Review: Beggar's Opera @ Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Lucy Bailey's new production of 'Beggar's Opera' at Regents Park strives for bawdy effect with musical authenticity and a high snatch count.
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EasyJet To Serve 'London Southend' Airport

After years of taunting Ryanair for its out-of-town airports, Easy Jet checks in to ... London, Southend.
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Theatre Review: Cowardy Custard @ Richmond Theatre

Lumpy and oversweetened, Cowardy Custard fails to impress although the material is glorious.
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Theatre Review: King Lear @ Richmond Theatre

Scoot to the Richmond Theatre to see one of England’s finest theatrical knights strut his stuff.
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Theatre Review: Umbrellas Of Cherbourg @ Gielgud Theatre

Listen ver' carefully I shall only say zees once: 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' is une dinde of the most enormous proportions.
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Theatre Review: Life Of Riley @ Richmond Theatre

Ayckbourn's 74th play skirts London with a teaser touring production, well worth a looksee at Windsor or Richmond.
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Opera Preview: Aida at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

David McVicar's controversial staging of Aida is a warrior drama of blood and guts, many of them spilled directly onstage ... in a sensational production that grips you from the off.
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Theatre Review: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Donmar Warehouse

Spelling Bee is fun but lacks g-r-a-v-i-t-a-s as Grandage's swansong.
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Theatre Review: Blithe Spirit @ Richmond Theatre

There’s a whiff of mothballs at Richmond, and it’s not all coming from the audience in this starry but stolid revival of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit …
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Theatre Review: Snake in the Grass @ The Print Room

Sarah Woodward shines in rarely-performed Ayckbourn ghost story at the cute Print Room in Westbourne Grove.

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Theatre Review: The Last Five Years @ The Tabard, W4

Jason Robert Brown's song cycle charting the break-up of a young marriage gives third-placed 'Dorothy' Lauren Samuels her moment in the spotlight in a good-looking production in Chiswick
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Music Review: Girl Talk, I Am Woman @ The Pheasantry SW3

Loose Women meets the coolest of song stylings in a classy cabaret from Mari Wilson, Gwyneth Herbert and the sensational Barb Jungr at the top of her form.
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Opera Review: Troy Boy @ Upstairs At The Gatehouse

Unshaven tenors and Essex-blonde sopranos serve up pub opera in a sort of 'Troy of the Rovers' with superb voices and bargain pricing.
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Theatre Review: Company @ Southwark Playhouse

Updated with iPhones and MacBooks this Sondheim revival brings some fresh perspectives.

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Theatre Review : On The Twentieth Century @ Union Theatre

Desperately trying to resuscitate his career and escape Chicago creditors, theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe hops the Twentieth Century streamliner train for New York. In the next compartment resides his former muse turned Hollywood superstar Lily Garland.