Monday, 4th November 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This Olivier Award-winning comedy is back out on the road with a new tour and a new cast. In Isobel McArthur’s adaptation (which she also directs), we see a group of maids take on Jane Austen’s tale, telling it from their spot on the sidelines and... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 16th October 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ian Rankin co-writes this adaptation of his novel along with Simon Reade, and while it has the potential to be a great whodunit in a long tradition of on-stage thrillers, it doesn’t quite manage it. Directed by Loveday Ingram, Rebus: A Game Called Malice is best... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 25th September 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women holds high status on many bookshelves. It was one of the books my mother waxed lyrical about and insisted I read when I was younger - and she still references it on a regular basis (she’s a self-identifying Jo, for those... Continue Reading →
September 2024 Being in a top-rated, much loved television series can be both a boon or a bother for an actor who becomes identified with a particular character and find directors reluctant to cast them in a different sorts of role. Happily Jack Ashton, best known as the Rev Tom Hereward in Call the Midwife,... Continue Reading →
September 2024 SISTERLY FEELINGS When the opportunity to audition for a new production of Little Women at York Theatre Royal arose, Laura Soper knew which of the sisters she wanted to play - Beth. Forget Amy, Meg and Jo. Beth was role that Laura, a former member of the theatre’s Youth Theatre, desired. “I auditioned... Continue Reading →
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 →
Thursday, 6th June 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vengeance is a powerful force, and Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby Dick provides a dramatic picture of blind obsession, seeing Captain Ahab hunt the whale who devoured his leg. Sebastian Armesto has adapted the lengthy novel for the stage, condensing the tale into under two hours... Continue Reading →
May 2024 Simole8’s critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic novel “Moby Dick” will play York Theatre Royal next month (6th-8th June). Guy Rhys plays Captain Ahab in this fun, fast and joyous production that transports audiences right to the heart of the hunt for the most famous whale on earth and here,... Continue Reading →
Friday, 10th May 2024 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How do you turn just over 400 pages of dense, rich prose into two hours of theatre while preserving the heart and soul of the piece? Especially when a certain clutch of classics inspire such connection with their readers? This particular adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s incredibly... Continue Reading →
April 2024 A bold and innovative adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s tragic, fiery and controversial (in its time) novel, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, is touring the country thanks to Ockham Razor’s artistic directors Charlotte Moony and Alex Harvey. Here, the pair explore the reasons and process behind bringing the classic Hardy novel to the stage in... Continue Reading →
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