Saturday, 20th April 2024 at Theatre @41 Monkgate, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five women have their stories forever intertwined with Jack the Ripper: Mary Ann ’Polly’ Nichols, ‘Dark Annie’ Chapman, Elizabeth ‘Long Liz’ Stride, Catherine Eddows and Mary Jane Kelly. In The Roses of Whitechapel, writers Jonathan Kaufman and Martin Stiff give the murdered women a platform... Continue Reading →
Friday, 19th April 2024 at Leeds Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nicki Davy writes and stars in this very personal show - Eva - inspired by a box of items her mother found in the attic of Granny Ilse - Eva’s sister. This box proved a treasure trove and prompted historical research into the life of Eva Metzger... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 18th April 2024 at the King’s Head Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Amassing a cult following from its Edinburgh Fringe 2023 run, Diana, The Untold and Untrue Story solidifies Awkward Productions' uniquely wacky and unhinged formula. As always, they manage to make the audience laugh until they cry through whatever means necessary. Enlisting... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 18th April 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kay Mellor’s The Syndicate has made its way from screen to stage with this play, with daughter Gaynor Faye directing in her late mother’s honour. Based on Series 1 of the hit TV series, this show follows a number of ordinary folk trying to make ends... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 9th April 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Kirsty M Drop the Dead Donkey, the award-winning 1990s satirical comedy has been reimagined for a 2024 audience in the stage play Drop the Dead Donkey: The Reawakening! Old enough to remember the original show, I went with my Gen Z daughter, unsure whether the play... Continue Reading →
Friday, 5th April 2024 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ John Godber’s Bouncers remains a show which brings in audiences time and again, with a fresh tour launching fairly regularly over the years. With its sharp observations of club culture, gender politics and dynamics within the meat market that is a night on the town, this... Continue Reading →
Thursday 28th March 2024 at Marlebone Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dorfman Prolific writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short story The Dream of a Ridiculous Man was first published in 1877. It isn’t the most light-hearted tale. Dostoevsky’s work famously explores the human condition in the troubled political climate of 19th-century Russia. It is, however, a story that can... Continue Reading →
March 2024 Joseph Marcell will soon be arriving in York once again following a previous run with “Alone in Berlin” back in 2020. This time, he’s playing Sir Peter Tearle in a new touring production of “The School for Scandal” which plays York Theatre Royal from 23-27 April. Marcell was most recently seen in Chiwetel... Continue Reading →
March 2024 Taking a chance – and having a chat – with actor Rachel Stockdale Rachel Stockdale is bringing her funny and politically powerful show, “Fat Chance”, to Leeds Playhouse next month (April 5-6). The show is a one woman play written and performed by Rachel - a 'fat, benefit class northern actor' - who explores... Continue Reading →
March 2024 A new production “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is set to play York Theatre Royal next month (April 9-13), starring Tweedy the Clown in the golden role that is Bottom (also taking the role of comedy advisor for the production). Tweedy is well-known for his 15-year tenure at Giffords Circus and renowned for his... Continue Reading →
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