…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
A new production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya is heading to the stage under the direction of James Stone and delivered by Tales Retold Theatre Company. I caught up with Stone to talk all things Uncle Vanya ahead of the show’s run at the Hope Theatre from 23rd April to 11th May 2019 (tickets here)... What... Continue Reading →
K.B Morris is heading up a new production of a bold Sarah Kane piece, 4.48 Psychosis Which is set to play one date only at the Church of the Holy Innocents on May 25th 2019 (tickets here). I caught up with Morris to find out what’s in store for her audience... Sarah Kane’s 4:48 Psychosis is one... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 10th April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In this new hyper-contemporary production, Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness is ‘retold for today’ by imitating the dog. A text very much of its time, this production takes the bull by the horns and in a supremely meta set-up, offers the text in a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Malorie Blackman's hugely popular and deeply resonant novel Noughts and Crosses makes its way to the stage thanks to Pilot Theatre. Blackman's work is adapted for the stage by Sabrina Mahfouz and directed by Esther Richardson, with some mixed results but undeniable power. Noughts are at... Continue Reading →
Thursday 21st March 2019 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blackeyed Theatre continue their journey through the vault of great literary classics with this latest production. Like Frankenstein and Jekyll and Hyde before it, this production of The Sign of Four handles its material with style. It’s another mystery for Sherlock Holmes and Co: a lady requires... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 19th March 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Remains of the Day tells a melancholy tale of a life lived in a bubble of service and tradition at the cost of living to the full. Barney Norris adapts Kazuo Ishiguro’s 1989 novel for the stage and this production is very well constructed, cutting... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 6th March 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wise Children is a quirky and irreverent show which tells a rather unique story in a grand Vaudevillian style. As a production, it delights in theatricality and by extension, so do we as we watch the twisting and somewhat twisted tale unfold. This is the first... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 5th March 2019 at Leeds Playhouse (Pop Up). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A female Hamlet? A northern tragedy? Multiple gender switches? Leeds Playhouse’s latest Shakespeare offering is a finely tuned combination of exactly that. As Shakespeare’s longest play, Hamlet is in so many cases numbingly over-long and mercilessly dark, but thankfully, Amy Leach’s direction and approach to... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 19th December 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Shrek and the gang look pretty darn good on a stage folks. Thanks to stage wizardry, the beloved Dreamworks ogre treads the boards with the help of a little green paint and prosthetic assistance. The show has been delighting little ones up... Continue Reading →
