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		<title>Review – Moscow City Ballet, Swan Lake, Derngate, Northampton, 19th February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know the tradition of Russian ballet – you don’t have to be a fan to have heard of the Bolshoi, the Mariinsky, Nijinsky, Nureyev and so on. About eleven years ago, Mrs Chrisparkle and I found ourselves in St. Petersburg, as you do, and spent an evening watching a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2840&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review – Screaming Blue Murder, Underground, Derngate, Northampton, February 17th 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfie Moore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Danielle Ward]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Screaming Blue Murder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another very full house last Friday night to enjoy the usual selection of three comics, two intervals and one compere, who this time was Kevin Dewsbury. He compered here last June, was excellent then and was excellent this time too. He has a very relaxed style of humour, coming across as rather caring and kindly, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2829&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review – Oedipussy, Spymonkey, Royal &amp; Derngate, Northampton, 15th February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aitor Basauri]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Petra Massey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephan Kreiss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re going to update a Greek tragedy, you might as well go the whole hog. Spymonkey’s latest production, born in Northampton and on the road until May, takes the mythical king from his youthful days in Corinth (“Corinth, Corinth”) to becoming the ruler of Thebes (“Thebes, Thebes”), making sure to include killing dad Laius [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2813&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Petra Massey</media:title>
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		<title>Review – The King and I, Derngate, Northampton, 9th February 2012</title>
		<link>http://therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/review-the-king-and-i-derngate-northampton-9th-february-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claire-Marie Hall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lori Haley Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Russell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhhh, “The King and I”, one of Mrs Chrisparkle’s favourite films. The very title sums up an era of lavish musicals and escapist exoticism, and makes you go, “Ahhhhh”. Mrs C confessed she normally cries at the end, so I knew I would have to be on tearwatch alert. I don’t think I’ve seen the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2797&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Lori Haley Fox</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Claire-Marie Hall</media:title>
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		<title>Review – Comedy of Errors, National Theatre, Olivier Auditorium, 4th February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amit Shah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’d heard two rather sniffy comments about this production of Comedy of Errors before seeing it – one was that as it starred Lenny Henry it was appealing only to people who liked him off the telly; and the other was that the first scene is immensely tedious in its wordy scene-setting. Well I’m happy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2769&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Lucian Msamati</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Chris Jarman</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Daniel Poyser</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Amit Shah</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Rene Zagger </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Grace Thurgood</media:title>
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		<title>Review – Spanish Fiesta, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Derngate, Northampton, 5th February 2012</title>
		<link>http://therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/review-spanish-fiesta-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-derngate-northampton-5th-february-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First visit by the RPO to the Derngate in 2012 for the much awaited Spanish Fiesta, which includes four crowd-pleasing familiar pieces and a first performance. So it was with great anticipation that we took our seats. The conductor this time was Simon Wright, a relaxed, avuncular looking man, who looks as though he enjoys [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2759&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review – Screaming Blue Murder, Underground, Derngate, Northampton, 3rd February 2012</title>
		<link>http://therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/review-screaming-blue-murder-underground-derngate-northampton-3rd-february-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Dowdeswell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy O'Donnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Bayley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Screaming Blue Murder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a change to the advertised line-up it turned out that we had actually seen all four of the comics on show at last Friday’s Screaming Blue Murder before. No matter, sometimes watching a repeat can be comfort for the soul. The compere this week was Karen Bayley, who we saw here a couple of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2750&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review – Balletboyz, The Talent, Milton Keynes Theatre, 1st February 2012</title>
		<link>http://therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/review-balletboyz-the-talent-milton-keynes-theatre-1st-february-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>therealchrisparkle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Middleton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballet Boyz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balletboyz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jarek Cemerek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leon Poulton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Nunn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milton Keynes Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Trevitt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was almost seven months ago that I booked tickets to see this, as we hadn’t caught the Balletboyz for a few yearz. I was always impressed by the way they took the media and used it to further their post-Royal Ballet careers and I am sure they have done a lot for widening the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2735&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alpha</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Void</media:title>
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		<title>Review – Jeremy Hardy, Royal, Northampton, 27th January 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sparkle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Hardy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northampton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s another famous name on the comedy circuit with whom Mrs C and I were fairly unfamiliar, apart from occasionally catching on the odd radio programme. I thought he would be dry and wry but I wasn’t sure what else to expect. I wasn’t expecting over two hours of self-assured, intelligent, observant left-wing comedy, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2720&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review – Pippin, Menier Chocolate Factory, 22nd January 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Harms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carly Bawden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Quentin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sparkle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frances Ruffelle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Hepple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Kelsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Menier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stuart Neal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first proper London revival of the Stephen Schwartz/ Roger O. Hirson musical since Bob Fosse directed it in 1973. According to the programme notes, this production is trying to get the show recognised again as a mature, adult, dark piece, and away from its legacy of being only suitable for school productions. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therealchrisparkle.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11192145&amp;post=2708&amp;subd=therealchrisparkle&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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