August 2024 Mum’s the word… Yorkshire actress Kate Hampson is all set to play Marmee in York Theatre Royal’s new production of Little Women next month, and it isn’t her first brush with Louisa May Alcott’s classic coming-of-age story… That happened at school when a group of students chose to perform a play version of the novel as their... Continue Reading →
Friday, 2nd July 2024 at Theatro Technis ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman I first saw Second Hand Problems in its infancy at a scratch night at The Cockpit, and it's always thrilling to see how a show blossoms. In this Camden Fringe production, with the addition of a few more to the creative team, the piece has certainly... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 24th July 2024 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ In this take on Jules Verne’s book, Juliet Forster adapts (and directs) the tale to sneak in a second lead: Nellie Bly, real-life journo and adventurer who completed the same trip in 1889… and in less time than Verne’s character. Therein lies some of the best... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 at the Grand Opera House York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another page to screen to stage number is back on stage: John Buchan’s 1915 novel, The 39 Steps. Picked up as a classic spy thriller in the 1930s by none other than Alfred Hitchcock, and more recently adapted into a farcical comedy by Patrick... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 16th July 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let’s (carefully) talk about Paranormal Activity, the spooky stage show based on the popular film which currently has audiences on tenterhooks at Leeds Playhouse. Once again I find myself, palms-up, declaring my ignorance of the source material - but my pal tells me the show does do... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 9th July 2024 at Southwark Playhouse - Elephant ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman The cast of West End's Matilda better watch out: The cast of The Children's Inquiry shines bright as they crack open the history of the UK's broken care system through the lens of the demographic most affected by it. While the dance-pop music may be somewhat... Continue Reading →
July 2024 Around the World in 80 Days-ish will soon be playing at York Theatre Royal (18 July-3 August) and actor and acrobat Maria Gray’s trip around the world has not been without delays. But now third time lucky she’ll set off to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Or to be precise ‘80-ish’ days…... Continue Reading →
Friday, 21st June 2024 at Soho Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman A postdramatic gig theatre fever dream - in which the audience is invited to witness a fraught navigation through a paradoxical mix of identities - The Dao of Unrepresentative British Chinese Experience is, what I would consider to be, High Art. Heady and intellectual, the production... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 11th June 2024 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This musical parody is all kinds of fabulous and all kinds of bonkers, with the perfect descriptor coming from the script itself: “well, that was fucking mental”. Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch casts Ursula not as the evil villain, but... Continue Reading →
June 2024 A stone’s throw from the aptly named Leeds Grand Theatre stands a hidden gem worthy of its own dose of awe and admiration - and it is also aptly named. Leeds City Varieties Music Hall holds many titles: oldest operating theatre in Leeds; Grade II listed building and heritage site; Guinness World Record... Continue Reading →
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