{"id":352,"date":"2018-08-22T12:08:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alphonso.info\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T11:16:20","slug":"the-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.alphonso.info\/?page_id=352","title":{"rendered":"The Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>The list of current Reviews of the show&#8230;..<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em>\u201c \u2026. A terrific show. Witty, funny, entertaining and poignant. Brilliantly written and performed.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em>&#8220;So simple yet so complex with wonderful piano accompaniment.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em>&#8220;Never a dull moment.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Radio 4 presenter, Dilly Barlow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>\u201cJenner doesn\u2019t impersonate Merson so much as inhabit him.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>\u201cHighly recommended show.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\"><strong>Brighton, FringeReview<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fringereview.co.uk\/review\/brighton-fringe\/2018\/if-i-catch-alphonso-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the full Review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201cAbsolutely captivating.\u201c<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u201c Jenner never misses a beat in\u2026 this enthralling two hour show.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><em>Nottingham\u2019s LeftLion Arts Review<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftlion.co.uk\/read\/2018\/august\/theatre-review-if-i-catch-alphonso-tonight\/#.W3M8v4rYtAA.email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the full Review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>The Brighton Argus ****<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>&#8220;\u2026this little gem of a show.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Eastbourne Herald<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;brilliant, funny and hugely entertaining&#8221;.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***** The list of current Reviews of the show&#8230;.. \u201c \u2026. A terrific show. Witty, funny, entertaining and poignant. Brilliantly written and performed.&#8221; &#8220;So simple yet so complex with wonderful piano accompaniment.&#8221; &#8220;Never a dull moment.\u201d Radio 4 presenter, Dilly Barlow ***** \u201cJenner doesn\u2019t impersonate Merson so much as inhabit him.\u201d \u201cHighly recommended show.\u201d Brighton, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Reviews - Alphonso<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alphonso Spagoni is the mythical toreador who stole the heart of Billy Merson\u2019s fianc\u00e9e while he had gone to \u2018buy some nuts and a programme\u2019 at the bullring. 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