Tuesday 10th June 2025 at the Grand Opera House York The Last Laugh is a new play by Paul Hendy celebrating the legacy of three comedy legends: Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper and Bob Monkhouse. Hendy - a name locals will recognise from York Theatre Royal’s panto seasons - also directs, and there’s a definite sense of... Continue Reading →
Sunday, 1st June 2025 at Theatre 41, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The works of Edgar Allan Poe are works of dark and twisted genius. They generally don’t get enough attention these days for my liking, so I was chuffed to be able to see a selection of his tales performed by the very talented Stephen Smith (who... Continue Reading →
Friday, 30th May 2025 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This improv show created by Degrees of Error sees a brand new murder mystery spontaneously take shape each night. Taken from audience offerings, the cast piece together random details to deliver a pretty bonkers combination of events in an affectionate spoof of the whodunnit... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 20th May 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kinky Boots is back! This latest production from director Nikolai Foster delivers on all the fun-loving, sassy wholesomeness we’ve come to love about this show, and offers some refreshing takes on central characters. In brief: the show covers a failing small town shoe factory and a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th May 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff is a pretty dark look at the lacerating impact of unemployment in 1980s Liverpool. Based on the 1982 BBC drama (which I haven’t seen - I know, shocking really), this staging by James Graham follows the criss-crossing lives of out... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 29th May 2025 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Carrie Hope Fletcher stars as the wayward Calamity in this affectionate touring production of the classic musical. Adapted from James O’Hanlon’s screenplay by Charles K Freeman, the show, with Nikolai Foster directing (and Nick Winston co-directing and choreographing), takes an understated approach, bringing warmth... Continue Reading →
Thursday 24th April 2025 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Badapple Theatre’s warm-hearted drama looks at the lives of women in war-time. When war hits and the men-folk of Thankful head off to do their duty, three women are left counting the days, scouring the news and navigating tensions in their own lives. The lofty Victoria... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ From “Bat Out of Hell” and “Dead Ringer for Love”, to “I’d do anything for love” and “It’s all coming back to me now”, Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf have some cracking hits to their names. In Bat Out of Hell, The Musical, those hits are... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 26th March 2025 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ North by Northwest is the latest whirlwind from Wise Children and it’s quite a ride. Totally in keeping with Emma Rice’s flair for the unexpected, inventive, and fun, this show really goes out on a limb to put its own stamp on the Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller.... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 25th March 2025 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ken Ludwig adapts Agatha Christie’s classic thriller for the stage, bringing a blend of wry humour and melodrama to a famous tale of and mystery aboard a train. Mike Britton’s locomotive set is a pivotal element of success for the production - literally, in... Continue Reading →
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