A slightly belated “Happy New Year” to all my readers and a special ‘Thank You’ to all at Curve Leicester and Nottingham Playhouse for choosing my reviews to further promote your excellent shows through your screens and posters. It is a great privilege for East Midlands Theatre.com to sit alongside quotes from The Stage, The Guardian and Nottingham Post.

Also many thanks to all at Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Nottingham for supporting my reviews throughout last year and the previous four years.

Thank you too for individual support from Jo McLeish, Heidi McKenzie, Lucy Thomas, Nicola Allen and Simon Harper. The time put in to welcome my input and ideas by artistic directors Giles Croft, Nikolai Foster and Sarah Brigham is equally valued. My grateful thanks for making time for me in your busy schedules.

Grateful thanks too to all the Amateur Musical societies in Nottingham and Loughborough that raise the barre with superb productions that engage many a musical theatre lover both on and off stage.

2017 looks a very exciting year for us at East Midlands Theatre.com and we look forward to encouraging theatre going in the East Midlands as always. Phil Lowe.

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