…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
In part II of my interview with Tom Adams of Elephant and Castle, we talk all things theatre in the (relatively) quick fire round! Who or what has inspired you most in theatre and why? My friend Laura Mugridge. She is a theatre maker who has a similar background to me - so acting and... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 11th July 2017 at RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Well, Oddsocks have gone and done it again! Approaching one of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet, they decided, naturally, to frame the whole story as a Mods and Rockers themed farce. Does that work? Well, yes actually! In the beautiful outdoor setting of... Continue Reading →
Paper Creatures Theatre are a new company on the London fringe scene; focusing on new writing, millennials and 'simple, compelling, bold stories', they are making their debut with the comedy drama 'Flood', by Tom Hartwell. The production will run at the Tristan Bates Theatre from July 31- August 5 as part of the Camden Fringe... Continue Reading →
'West Yorkshire Playhouse's Autumn/ Winter 17 Season is a vibrant collection of diverse stories from across the world, retold by exceptional theatre makers.' -WYP It's official: West Yorkshire Playhouse has a very exciting Autumn/winter season planned... I went along to their launch event yesterday and found myself very impressed with the line-up; the season is... Continue Reading →
Thursday 8th June, 2017 at Harrogate Theatre (studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Uncanny Theatre's Something Terrible Might Happen explores the things that frighten us, and does so with buckets of fun. It touches briefly on emotional fears and anxieties but excels in its Fun House approach to the irrational and the adrenaline-filled fears that we have. Relying heavily... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th June 2017 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Elephant and Castle is a gig-theatre show which explores the humour, the confusion and the darker side of sleep walk and sleep talk. Real-life couple Tom Adams and Lillian Henley use recordings from three years of sleep talk as the catalyst for songs and narrative snippets... Continue Reading →
Saturday 3rd June, 2017 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ La Cage Aux Folles is the work of creators Arthur Laurents, Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman and this production of the long-standing classic is directed by Martin Connor - the show has enjoyed huge success since the 1980s and I hope to see more... Continue Reading →
National Theatre Live, from The Harold Pinter Theatre. 18th May 2017. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Knock out. Star. Superstar. Electrifying. Scrap the cliches guys; Imelda Staunton's performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is of stratospheric brilliance. Edward Albee's play is superbly written and James Macdonald has brought about one hell of an intense and explosive piece of... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th May, 2017 at The Duke of York's Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Lee Hall's adaptation of Alan Warner's novel The Sopranos, is a raging success of a new comedy - and that success lands almost entirely at the feet of the fantastic cast. Yes, the writing is good, and it... Continue Reading →
