Tuesday, 10th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is a twisted house” says a visitor to the Samsa abode - and it’s a verdict which pretty much sums up this tale and this production. Metamorphosis is both a study of man’s inhumanity to man within the context of financial stresses and an ambitious... Continue Reading →
October 2023 Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis arrives at York Theatre Royal this week, before continuing its tour until March 2024. Here, Lyn Gardner chats to Artistic Director Scott Graham and writer Lemn Sissay, who has adapted this version of Kafka’s famous tale… In 2019, when actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres suggested to Scott Graham, the... Continue Reading →
Friday, 6th October 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Courtyard Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If ever there was a “right time” to have I, Daniel Blake on stage, surely it’s now. Ken Loach’s 2016 film, with screenplay by Paul Laverty and on which this stage adaptation from Dave Johns is based, really rustled feathers, and rightly so. With its... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 5th October 2023 at Southwark Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Note: spoilers ahead… Lazarus Theatre Company has been in the game for quite some time, and while this is the first time they've made it onto my radar, I certainly am happy to have finally made their acquaintance. Their latest production, Thomas Middleton and... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 5th October 2023 at Riverside Studios. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes Based on the 1958 book Mrs ‘Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, Flowers for Mrs Harris finally makes its London premiere at Riverside Studios. Directed by Bronagh Lagan, this heart-warming story follows the selfless working-class cleaner and war widow, Ada Harris, as she... Continue Reading →
Thursday, 5th October 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Bramall Rock Void). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Light House is an interesting, heartfelt piece exploring mental health crisis and suicidal ideation. It does so not from the perspective of the person in crisis, but from the person seeking to support and save the “drowning man”. The show lassos the story... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This double bill from Rambert promises journeys between life and death, exploring zest for the former and varied attitudes towards the latter. With a stellar company bringing Ben Duke’s fantastically varied and theatrical choreography to life in all its shades of darkness and light, Death Trap... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 at Theatre503, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Caution: a few spoilers ahead… These Demons is one of those few plays I had genuine excitement and anticipation about. I can't believe I'm even writing these words, but it isn't that often that I get to see the work of a Jewish playwright... Continue Reading →
October 2023 The award-winning Box Tale Soup Theatre Company are known for their track record of excellent stage work and for “seamlessly blending multiple disciplines, including puppetry, mask, physical theatre and all original music”. Their latest piece, “Casting the Runes”, enjoyed impressive success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe over the summer and is now touring.... Continue Reading →
Friday, 29th September 2023 at the Wesley Centre, Harrogate (for Harrogate Theatre) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Smoking Apples Theatre’s Kinder is is beautiful show. Its beauty lies in the visual richness of the puppetry and inventive use of set throughout, but also in the quiet strength of Babi, whose story we see in a cross-section of childhood and... Continue Reading →
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