Chris is a freelance feature writer, reviewer and playwright, and former chief sub-editor at The Stage. He has been reviewing for The Stage since 1999

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Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical review

ReviewsDec 16, 2024

Inventive but uneven musical version of the Christmas Hollywood classic

A Christmas Carol: The Musical review

ReviewsDec 16, 2024

Atmospheric, strikingly staged, high-quality musical version of the Dickens classic

Mother Goose – The Rock’n’Roll Panto review

ReviewsDec 9, 2024

Musically excellent panto consistently strikes comedy gold

Cinderella review

ReviewsDec 9, 2024

Sumptuous and spectacularly realised, arena-filling panto

The Jungle Book review

ReviewsDec 9, 2024

Enjoyably fun, but heartfelt, adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories from the Octagon Theatre, Bolton

The Three Musketeers review

ReviewsDec 2, 2024

Energetic, bruisingly physical adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale

Alice in Wonderland review

ReviewsNov 28, 2024

Fun, inventive and cheerfully chaotic reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s stories

The Rock 'n' Roll Panto Rapunzel review

ReviewsNov 25, 2024

Enjoyably energetic, if unfocused, family show

The Scouse Red Riding Hood review

ReviewsNov 18, 2024

Raucously rude, enjoyably anarchic adult panto

Slave: A Question of Freedom review

ReviewsOct 11, 2024

Powerful, heart-rending true-life story of survival in the face of unthinkable adversity

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