Grand Opera House, York. Saturday 18th February 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 There’s no denying that this production of The Commitments, directed by Caroline Jay Ranger, has that classic feel-good factor. Complete with high-octane musical numbers and some incredible voices, it's certainly a glorious feast for the ears and features classics like ‘I Heard it Through the Grapevine’,... Continue Reading →
Newcastle City Hall, Wednesday 15th February, 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I don't think I've ever laughed so constantly at a show as I did last night when seeing Not Today Satan. With a Bianca Del Rio show, it's a skilful display of killer delivery, arresting aesthetic and more feigned, biting bitterness than a narcissist in therapy... The... Continue Reading →
Thursday 2nd February, 2017, at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loosely liken this production from Blackeyed Theatre to watching the metamorphosis of a butterfly - it's very apt for this analogy to have come to mind of course; Frankenstein does follow the tale of a man slowly but persistently learning how to create a unique creature.There's... Continue Reading →
York Theatre Royal. Tuesday 22nd November, 2016. ⭐️⭐️ This take on Shakespeare's Macbeth from Volcano Theatre is hugely ambitious. As promised, it's 'a furious two hander' and both Mairi Phillips and Alex Harries, playing all roles, are bursting with energy and grit throughout. Harries is powerful, raging and charming in turns, while Phillips makes an... Continue Reading →
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Wednesday, 2nd November 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ O Kneehigh, what a wonder you are! Adapted from Michael Morpurgo's children's book by Emma Rice and Morpurgo himself, Kneehigh's '946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips' is a hilarious, moving and thoroughly enchanting story of worlds colliding and the strength of human relationships. It's also a... Continue Reading →
Vaudeville Theatre, London. Saturday 22nd October, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 30 Million Minutes is something between a beautifully motivational speech and a seat at French's coffee table, gifted with extended autobiographical narratives. It's Dawn French laying bare some of the key, defining moments of her 30 Million Minutes of life to date, in her characteristically engaging and... Continue Reading →
Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Tuesday, 18th October, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'The Boy with Tape on His Face', or Sam Wills as his nearest and dearest likely still address him, is a whirlwind of clever, creative, comic fun. As the name suggests, he stands before his audience with his mouth taped. For most, this would mean game over,... Continue Reading →
Harrogate Theatre, Friday, 7th October, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This show from Kill The Beast is off-the-charts wacky, crammed with energy exhausting to watch, craziness worthy of certification and big laughs enough to warrant the label 'success'. It is also bonkers enough to require both investment and significant acclimatisation. I try to avoid too much prior knowledge... Continue Reading →
'Be My Baby' at Harrogate Theatre. Saturday, 24th September, 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'Be My Baby' tells the story of four young girls who find themselves 'in trouble' in a time when babies out of wedlock were more destructive to a young life than any addiction, and more catastrophic for a reputation than a documented bank heist.... Continue Reading →
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