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Phoebe Luckhurst

Director and Editor Easter 2010

Catz, English

Phoebe has spent two almost two years documenting her woeful existence in a weekly installment, Tab Rates vs Tab Slates, that increasingly became the therapy that her repressed parents would never fund. Now considering taking finals seriously after her Director of Studies expressed concern about her lack of 'critical faculties' (apparently tabloid journalism isn't particularly useful for developing these skills). This term Phoebe hopes to earn the £90 she owes the English Faculty Library so that she may be able to graduate. Fingers crossed.


South Pacific

South Pacific

10:42 pm, Saturday June 25th 2011
★★★☆☆

PHOEBE LUCKHURST is more honest than most about the state of the typical May Week audience member, but gets through her hangover, partly with the help of this musical.


And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

11:00 pm, Wednesday June 22nd 2011
★★☆☆☆

PHOEBE LUCKHURST finds another May Week show which, despite strong performances, struggles with its setting.


How To Picnic

How To Picnic

1:14 pm, Tuesday April 26th 2011

The Tab’s guide to the perfect picnic: avoid breaking the law, learn the perfect snack for keeping your sense of smell and see how Titus Andronicus can inspire a non-cannibalistic feast.


Odds: Footlights Spring Revue

Odds: Footlights Spring Revue

8:31 pm, Wednesday March 9th 2011
★★☆☆☆

Disparate, incoherent and technical slip-ups…The crowning glory in the Footlights calendar fails to impress PHOEBE LUCKHURST.


Fantasmagoriana

Fantasmagoriana

1:15 pm, Thursday March 3rd 2011
★☆☆☆☆

Senior Theatre Critic PHOEBE LUCKHURST doubts herself, but gets past that and then doubts this production instead. A lot.


The Good Soul Of Szechwan

The Good Soul Of Szechwan

11:00 pm, Wednesday February 16th 2011
★★★★☆

PHOEBE LUCKHURST overcomes her ADHD to appreciate a big, stylish dollop of Brecht.


Totally Tom

Totally Tom

2:00 pm, Friday February 4th 2011
★★★★★

This was no extended YouTube mockumentary: a critical PHOEBE LUCKHURST is enthralled by the duo’s polished and hilarious sketch show.


Pornography

Pornography

10:30 pm, Thursday January 27th 2011
★★★½☆

PHOEBE LUCKHURST isn’t a monologue fan, but still gets some kicks from Pornography.


Liam Williams’ Stand Up Show

Liam Williams’ Stand Up Show

1:50 pm, Wednesday January 19th 2011
★★★★☆

PHOEBE LUCKHURST: There is little to criticise: the content was varied, resisted cliché and was broadly very well-delivered.


Mark Liu: Back By Popular Demand

Mark Liu: Back By Popular Demand

3:30 pm, Friday January 7th 2011

‘I think I will get married one day. It’s basically like having a mother you can sleep with.’ The Tab reviews Mark Liu’s latest offering: a step-by-step guide to ‘Women and Dating’.