Monday 27th June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Morecambe and Wise began their career together after persuading a producer to give their solo acts a break in favour of a double act performance at the Liverpool Empire in 1941. 80 years on, their legacy has inspired many tributes and in The Play What I... Continue Reading →
Interview: Christina Bianco Talks Starring as “Little Voice”
Christina Bianco, with her chameleonic voice and reputation for uncanny impressions of powerhouse vocalists, will soon arrive to York Theatre Royal with the current touring production of “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice”. Here, Bianco chats about taking on the demanding centre stage role of Little Voice, those famous vocal impersonations and what she’s... Continue Reading →
Interview: The Cast of “The Play What I Wrote”
When Sean Foley and Hamish McColl created The Play What I Wrote they wanted the story to be inspired by the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise rather than a tribute act – and so they created a new comedy duo. As the two characters, Dennis and Thom, attempt to revive their failing act with a... Continue Reading →
Review: Retake, Remake! (Touring)
Thursday 16th June 2022 at Harrogate Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Retake, Remake! seeks to take back air time. Over the years, many movies, TV shows and various other platforms have given storylines specifically depicting those with learning disabilities to actors without such lived experiences. As such, the depictions in those storylines are often out of kilter with... Continue Reading →
Review: Let’s Pause There at the King’s Head Theatre, London
Tuesday 14th June 2022 at the King’s Head Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Where do you stand when your therapist needs therapy? Let’s Pause There is the story of therapist Sebastian (played by Roger Parkins) who within 24 hours has taken on two new clients, had a problematic encounter with a douchebag on the... Continue Reading →
Review: Sixty-Seven at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London
Saturday 11th June 2022 at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Brilliant brilliant brilliant! Now I am a sucker for a show about women facing a quarter life crisis of some sort, and as somebody who describes herself as having an “extended quarter life crisis”, the feeling sticks. Described as “an... Continue Reading →
Review: Love (to) Bits at Barons Court Theatre
Friday 10th June 2022 at Barons Court Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Love (to) Bits, written by Ioana Goga and directed by Ioana Goga & Jez Davess-Humphrey, boldly explores the trials and tribulations of a 20-something year old female looking to find her love. Long lasting, happy love is a journey but what exactly... Continue Reading →
Review: 100 Paintings at Hope Theatre
Thursday 19th May 2022 at Hope Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Set in a dystopian future, 100 Paintings tells the story of a young artist and his mother struggling to survive in the crumbling Savoy Hotel. Battling mountains of unpaid hotel bills, the artist (played by Conrad Williamson) has three days to produce one-hundred... Continue Reading →
Review: The Homecoming (Touring)
Monday 16th May 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The truth? I’m still not sure what to think of the bizarre but enthralling piece of theatre that is The Homecoming. I realise of course that this is precisely the reputation preceding Mr Harold Pinter, master of ambiguity and rule-breaking, so I’m happy to sit with... Continue Reading →
Review: Maggie May at Leeds Playhouse
Wednesday 11th May 2022 at Leeds Playhouse (Courtyard Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Who am I then?” “Who else would I be?” Frances Poet’s Maggie May takes this idea of an endangered sense of identity and builds on it layer over layer until we see the true weight of its significance. In this perceptive and sensitive play, what... Continue Reading →