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The Guardian - Culture Edit Unfollow Identical review – Trevor Nunn takes on The Parent Trap, with songs by Nick Ahad Aug 3, 2022 Nottingham Playhouse This earnest musical, which features three sets of real twins across its cast, has a deeply moving pay-off This is an implausible musical, and you may spend the overlong first half feeling underwhelmed. But the ending is deeply moving – proof of sorts that master technicians are at work. Directed by Trevor Nunn, with music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe respectively, Identical is based on Erich Kästner’s novel Das Doppelte Lottchen, in which twin girls separated as children meet at a summer camp and switch places when returning to their respective homes. Screen adaptations paid dividends for director Nancy Meyers in 1998 and for Disney in 1961, both using the name The Parent Trap. At Nottingham Playhouse until 14 August Continue reading... Continue Reading HER review – enigmatic star rocks, and sensuously rolls by Fergal Kinney Aug 3, 2022 Manchester Academy The singer and multi-instrumentalist showcases her talents with terrific R&B songs as well as shredding Prince-style guitar solos HER is the alias of 25-year-old R&B vocalist Gabriella Wilson, a US child star mentored by Alicia Keys who made her first TV appearances aged 10. In the six years since anonymously dropping her Grammy-nominated debut single, Focus, enigma has been her hard currency. As on social media and her award-show performances, HER arrives on stage in signature dark glasses that stay fixed throughout the set. It complements her other hard currency; Prince comparisons, something underlined by plenty of purple lighting. HER’s discography is a pot-pourri of collaborations that may provide streaming ubiquity, but have left her studio releases uneven. So while tonight’s gig may open with the bombastic DJ Khaled collaboration We Going Crazy, it’s a red herring for a set that finds a genuine consistency for the multi-instrumentalist’s obvious gifts. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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