Wednesday 27th July 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jersey Boys is ultimately a cracking hit parade celebrating one of the best singing groups of the 1960’s: The Four Seasons. It’s a lively, sharply delivered show which offers comedy and drama as bookends to a fantastic catalogue of toe tapping classics. We... Continue Reading →
Review: Sniff at Theatre503
Monday 25th July 2022 at Theatre 503, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Jonathan Walfisz Anyone with any sense should know that little good can come from racking up lines in a grim pub toilet with a complete stranger. That’s exactly the predicament that Alex finds himself in the middle of Sniff at the Theatre503. You’d think he... Continue Reading →
Review: Report to an Academy at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Thursday 7th July 2022 at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Jonathan Walfisz The experience of watching Report to an Academy at the Old Red Lion Theatre is one of two halves, despite being a one-act play. The play is based on the 1917 Franz Kafka short story of the same name and... Continue Reading →
Review: Favour at Bush Theatre
Thursday 30th June 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Our stories on women adjusting to life after lived experience of the Criminal Justice System are few and far between. I can think of a couple of films such as Wild Rose (dir. Tom Harper) and The Unforgivable (dir. Nora Fingscheidt), I’m sure... Continue Reading →
Review: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Touring)
Monday 4th July 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This latest touring production of Jim Cartwright’s Olivier Award-winning play features some stellar casting in Christina Bianco as Little Voice and Shobna Gulati as her mother. Under direction of Bronagh Lagan, the pair give Cartwright’s brutal yet witty Little Voice the gusto and heart it deserves.... Continue Reading →
Review: Invisible at Bush Theatre
Tuesday 28th June 2022 at Bush Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Written and performed by Nikhil Parmar, Invisible is a one man show that delves into the psyche of a man overwhelmed with the feelings that his race and social positioning in the world reduce his desirability in the world of acting. Zayan wants the... 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 →
Review: Deafinitely Theatre’s Everyday (Touring)
Tuesday 21st June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ To mark the 20th Anniversary of Deafinitely Theatre Company, Paula Garfield has written and directed a new work: Everyday. The play draws its material from hard to digest statistics about the increase in domestic abuse cases during the lockdowns - with particular focus on deaf and... Continue Reading →
Review: The Girl on the Train at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Friday 17th June 2022 at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes An exciting piece of theatre in the heart of North London! The international phenomenon novel by Paula Hawkins has been adapted into a thrilling new stage adaption by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. The Girl on a Train tells the story of... 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 →