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            <title>Review: Future Me</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><strong><img width="480" height="517" alt="Future Me" title="Future Me" rel="ibox" src="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/FutureMe.jpg" /></strong></p> <p><strong>Where:</strong> <a href="http://www.onlyconnectuk.org/future-me.html">Only Connect Theatre</a>, 32 Cubitt Street, London WC1X 0LR<br /> <strong>When:</strong> 7.30pm Monday-Saturday, matinees 16 and 25 April 3pm, Sunday 26 April 5pm, no performances 15 &amp; 20 April. Runs from 31 March&ndash;26 April 2009<br /> <strong>How long:</strong> Two hours 20 minutes, including 20 minute interval<br /> <strong>How much:</strong> &pound;15 (&pound;10 concessions)<br /> <strong>Tickets from:</strong> <a href="http://www.pleasance.co.uk">Pleasance Theatre</a> or 020 7609 1800&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Dirty paedos, huh? They're all sicko monsters and should be killed for the sake of the children.</p> <p>That, at least, is supposed to be what all Right Thinking People know to be true. But is it?</p> <p><em>Future Me</em> explores whether paedophiles are in fact just like you and me, just with different desires.</p>]]> (continued)</description>
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            <title>Review: Jerry Sadowitz at the Queen Elizabeth Hall</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/jerry460.jpg" title="Jerry Sadowitz" rel="ibox"><img src="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/jerry460-tm.jpg" width="480" height="313" alt="Jerry Sadowitz" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Where: <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/">Queen Elizabeth Hall</a>, London</span></strong><br />
<strong>When:</strong> 7.30pm. Sunday December 14th 2008<br />
<strong>How long:</strong> Two hours<br />
<strong>How much:</strong> £20/£25<br /></p>
<p>Jerry Sadowitz (aka Jerry Sadowicz) is a paradox. His name's easy to forget, yet once you've seen him perform, you never forget it. He's a gifted comedian you almost never seen on TV. He's also a talented close-up magician, yet is best known for his talent for offensive jokes.</p>
<p>Doing barely one or two gigs a year, Sadowitz isn't famous. He's had a few TV shows, including <strong>The Pall Bearer's Revue</strong>, which got him the most number of complaints in television history at the time. But if you know him, you want to see him.</p>
<p>Provided you're over 18, don't have a sensitive disposition and don't mind just the odd word swearword or two.</p>]]> (continued)</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Review: Rob Brydon on tour</title>
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<p><strong>Where:</strong> <a href="http://www.wmc.org.uk/">Wales Millennium Centre</a>, Cardiff<br />
<strong>When:</strong> 7.30pm. Monday December 8th 2008<br />
<strong>How long:</strong> Two hours with a 20-minute interval following the warm-up<br />
<strong>How much:</strong> £20 I think</p>
<p>Well, the <a href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/12/jerry_sadowicz_rob_brydon_or_both.php">public have demanded it</a> and only two weeks after the run finished, I'm reviewing Rob Brydon's stand-up act at the Wales Millennium Centre - Jerry Sadowicz tomorrow for those who voted for that review.</p>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
<author>Rob Buckley</author>
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            <title>Review: Under the Blue Sky</title>
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<strong>Where: </strong><a href="http://www.theambassadors.com/dukeofyorks/info/directions.html">Duke of York's Theatre</a>, St Martin's Lane, London
<br /><strong>When: </strong>7.45pm Mondays-Saturdays, 3pm matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays. Runs for 10 weeks from the 15th July 2008
<br /><strong>How long: </strong>One and half hours without interval
<br /><strong>How much: </strong>£15-£47.50 (includes £1 restoration levy)
<br /><strong>Tickets from: </strong>0870 060 6623 (+£3), <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/">Ticketmaster</a> (+£3) or <a href="http://www.theambassadors.com/etickets/?s8957vdoy">www.theambassadors.com</a> (-£1.50/ticket on top three price bands) 
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Yes, I'm back. It's me, &#8220;Easily swayed into going to the theatre by famous TV casts&#8221; man. How you doing?
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This time, I went to see Catherine Tate (<strong>Doctor Who, The Catherine Tate Show</strong>), Chris O'Dowd (<strong>The IT Crowd</strong>) and Francesca Annis (<strong>Between The Lines, Dune</strong> and <strong>Krull</strong> - she's been in better stuff, too, but the last two amused me) in some sort of play or something about teachers behaving badly.
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Review: Wicked</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="ibox" href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/WickedRecast1809_large.jpg"><img alt="Wicked" width="480" height="332" class="mt-image-none" style="" src="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/WickedRecast1809_large-thumb-480x332.jpg" /></a></p> <p><strong>Where:</strong>&nbsp;Apollo Victoria Theatre, London&nbsp;<br /> <strong>When:</strong> 7.30pm Mondays&ndash;Saturdays, 2.30pm matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays  <br /> <strong>How long:</strong> Two hours 50 minutes with a 20 minute interval  <br /> <strong>How much:</strong> &pound;15-&pound;60 (concessions available)  <br /> <strong>Tickets from:</strong> 0844 826 8400 or <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/artist/864373?brand=uk_wicked">www.ticketmaster.co.uk</a></p> <p>Okay, I'll admit that musicals aren't really my thing. But when you get given a <a href="http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Experience/Ref/XETLT">&quot;dinner and theatre&quot; Red Letter Day</a> by a nice person, there's not much to choose from except musicals: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Wicked</span>&nbsp;seemed the best option by far.&nbsp;</p><p>I'm glad I went though, since despite the &quot;tourist trap&quot; rep and&nbsp;obvious singing and dancing, it's quite a fun evening out.</p>]]> (continued)</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Review: Fat Pig (again)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><p><a rel="ibox" href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/FatPigcast.jpg"><img alt="Joanna Page, Kris Marshall, and Robert Webb in Fat Pig" width="480" height="325" class="mt-image-none" style="" src="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/FatPigcast-thumb-480x325.jpg" /></a></p></span><p>Okay, I've <a href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/05/review_fat_pig.php">already reviewed this</a>. I know. But my wife wanted to see it, and she was gutted when we couldn't use the free tickets <em>Fat Pig</em>'s PR guy offered us &ndash; two hours before the performance was due to start, mind &ndash; so I thought I'd treat her to dinner and the theatre yesterday. Cos I'm nice.</p><p>The thing about both movies and TV shows, though, is that they're always the same. Once recorded, they're immutable. But theatre changes every night. The actors can improve or vary their performance, be tired one night and turn in a dodgy performance, get bored, or ad lib, for example. Mistakes can be fixed &ndash;&nbsp;or new ones can turn up.</p><p>So two weeks on, is <em>Fat Pig</em> better or worse?</p>]]> (continued)</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Review: Fat Pig</title>
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<img src="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/images/FatPigJPKM.jpg" height="347" width="480" border="1" alt="Joanna Page and Kris Marshall in Fat Pig" title="Joanna Page and Kris Marshall in Fat Pig" />
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<strong>Where: </strong>Trafalgar Studios, Studio 1
<br /><strong>When: </strong>7.30pm Mondays&#8211;Saturdays, 2.30pm matinees on Thursdays and Saturdays
<br /><strong>How long: </strong>Two hours with a 15 minute interval 
<br /><strong>How much: </strong>&#163;25-&#163;45 (+ &#163;1 restoration levy)
<br /><strong>Tickets from: </strong>0870 060 6632 or <a href="http://www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios">www.theambassadors.com/trafalgarstudios</a>
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My <a href="http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/05/fat_pig.php">free tickets</a> never arrived. Gosh. How can that be after all my publicity work? Maybe they got lost in the post.
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Turns out the Fates wanted me to see it anyway.
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You see, I was supposed to be going out to see a movie last night with my sister. But last week, she emails me. There's been a terrible mix-up with a theatre booking and she's ended up with matinee tickets which she can't use. But the box office has been able to sort it out and instead get her tickets for the night we were supposed to be going to the movie &#8211; do I mind seeing <em>Fat Pig</em>?
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Oh. 
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<em>Fat Pig</em> starring Robert Webb (<strong>Peep Show</strong>), Kris Marshall (<strong>My Family</strong>), Ella Smith (<strong>Cape Wrath/Meadowlands</strong>) and Joanna Page (<strong>Gavin &#38; Stacey</strong>)?
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Well, it would be a shame for them to go to waste&#8230;
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 10:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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