Friday, 26th January 2024 at The Cockpit Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Though the premise is intriguing, “The Ending” doesn’t quite deliver what it says on the tin. Billed as “what happened after the classic story of Orpheus and Eurydice,” you might expect a re-jig to the ending of the classic myth. The ending,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 16th January 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mischief Comedy strike gold yet again with the hilarious Peter Pan Goes Wrong, a top notch farce full of surprises led by an excellent cast. It’s exactly what it says on the tin, this show: “Cornley Youth Theatre” are putting on a production... Continue Reading →
Friday, 12th January 2024 at The Turbine Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes Every Londoner has their own stories of the weird and wonderful things they have seen take place on the tube. Cockfosters creates a melting pot of those scenarios in a laugh-out-loud 60 minutes, which is amazingly shorter than the journey depicted in the show (Heathrow... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 10th January 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The stage adaptation of Life of Pi is a stunning piece of theatre, a spectacle-driven piece which is as visually rich as it is emotionally compelling. Much like watching War Horse or The Lion King, this show is a glowing example of why... Continue Reading →
December 2023 It’s been another great year of theatregoing for Always Time for Theatre, with plenty of reviews (and insightful interviews with casts and creatives) published. Between myself and the brilliant London-based team, we’ve had some cracking times in beautiful theatres, so here’s the round-up of the most glowing write-ups of 2023, in no particular... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 13th December 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ As far as brazen camp-fest musicals go, I Should Be So Lucky is Out There and then some. Running full throttle through a whacky romance-driven plot on a candy floss set with no shortage of heart-shaped, pink-hued everything, this show gives audiences plenty to entertain, with... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 12th December 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jack and the Beanstalk has landed at York Theatre Royal as this year’s panto offering. It’s a very modernised version with more re-writes than you can shake a stick at, and it’s helmed by a great cast who never waver in energy and enthusiasm. Nina Wadia’s... Continue Reading →
December 2023 York Theatre Royal’s panto opens this week, bringing a classic back to the stage with “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Nina Wadia (“EastEnders”, “Citizen Khan”, “Goodness Gracious Me”) is set to play Fairy Sugarsnap and chats to Steve Pratt here about first impressions of panto, her charity work and some career highlights so far…... Continue Reading →
Saturday, 2nd December 2023 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Sarah Whitaker I took my partner and 5-year-old son to see Harrogate Theatre’s production of Dick Whittington and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Directed by Marcus Romer and co-written by David Brown and Phil Lowe, it delivers just the right amount of sparkle, laughter and classic panto... Continue Reading →
Friday, 1st December 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Quarry Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Foooood, glorious foooooood”… Lionel Bart’s Oliver! boasts some of the best and most iconic ditties in musical theatre, make no mistake - and book, music and lyrics combine to do a fabulous job of bringing Charles Dickens’ famous characters to the stage in all the... Continue Reading →
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