…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Tuesday 19th February 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Off The Middle have their sights set on tear ducts with this production of In Other Words by Matthew Seager. An intense two hander, the production gives an emotive insight into just what it’s like to feel yourself losing a loved one to Dementia - specifically... Continue Reading →
Saturday 16th February 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fallen Fruit is a solo show of personal experience, pointed political edge and undeniably glaring relevance. Watching this show against the alarming backdrop of Brexit and Trump’s tactical ‘State of Emergency’ to secure funding for his border wall, there’s a cold chill of foreboding to be... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 12th February 2019 at the Grand Opera House York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Saturday Night Fever arrives on stages once more, decades after the hit Paramount/RSO film delighted audiences. Robert Stigwood adapts Nick Cohn’s story for the stage in collaboration with Bill Oakes and the musical does a good job of delivering some 70s escapism via the... Continue Reading →
Leeds Town Hall is heading for Platform 9 and 3/4 this month as The Magical Music Of Harry Potter is set to swoop in and land there on Saturday 23rd February 2019. Presenting will be Sarah Day-Smith, Potter appreciator and lover of the magic of live music. I caught up with her recently to find... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 29th January 2019 at The Grand Opera House, York.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Mike Leigh’s 1977 comedy Abigail’s Party is a beautifully preserved microcosm of seventies trends, etiquette and values. It’s also a very neat reflection of timeless relationship dynamics, making it ever relevant and entertaining - one look at the current housing market tells you that aspirational young... Continue Reading →
Thursday 24th January 2019 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Written and conceived by Elizabeth Carter and Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, Between Us is a one woman show starring Carter as three varied women who all have one thing in common: terrible love lives and desire for better. Elizabeth is our central character. She’s a busy actress... Continue Reading →
Tom Hartwell is at it again. After a hit run at the Camden Fringe with Flood and bagging equally favourable coverage prior to that with Contactless and You Tweet My Face Space, he returns to the stage as writer and star of new show Before 30. The show is set to play at Waterloo East... Continue Reading →
Released January 2019. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Believe the hype. The Favourite is pretty golden. Aside from stand-out performances across the board, this is a brilliant film from camera work to costumes to cinematography to fantastic script. The film looks at Queen Anne, fleetingly Queen in the early 18th century, victim of countless personal tragedies and object of... Continue Reading →
My top theatre productions of 2018 are up! You can read them all here. But there’s more praise to go around when I look back at the performances and productions to have impressed over the last year. So, with no actual awards to deliver, here are my top cast and creatives of 2018, who shall receive... Continue Reading →
