…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Wednesday 21st November 2018 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If there’s one thing Jersey Boys tells us, it’s that at whatever stage of reincarnation The Four Seasons were enjoying, Frankie Valli was always the star power. Each original and subsequent member has undeniable talent, but at the centre of it all and... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th November 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ You’d be hard pressed to sit in the audience of Motown The Musical and not feel the music creep into your limbs and even more so, your mood. You’d be even more hard-pressed to sit there and not recognise a song, such... Continue Reading →
Monday 29th October 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This stage adaptation of the hit Cruise-Hoffman tour de force film comes from Dan Gordon and sells itself on the dramatic tag line ‘Two Brothers. One Destiny.’ It’s very much a stage re-make of the original and there’s little in the way... Continue Reading →
Monday 22nd October 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Like most great farces, Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is all very simple...until it isn’t, which happens approximately sixty seconds in. In this town, ‘everyone’s a crook’ local bank teller Ruth tells us - and she should know -... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th October 2018 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cilla The Musical is based on Jeff Pope’s ITV mini-series and it’s a love letter from Director Bill Kenwright and creative team to its muse, Cilla Black. As far as biopic musicals go, this work from Pope and Kenwright as a joint... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 15th August 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds (final Dress Rehearsal). Calendar Girls is inspired by the real women of a Yorkshire WI who created a nude calendar after a loved one was lost - first a real story, then a play and a film, and now a musical; this is certainly... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 31st July 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the 1963 hit film of the same name, Summer Holiday (the Musical) offers up a classic old-time teen bopping musical. Four girls meet four guys on their way for a Summer Holiday and swiftly pair up, there are obstacles thrown... Continue Reading →
Monday 4th June 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bill Kenwright defends his position as heavyweight in the world of musical theatre with This is Elvis, a new musical presented by Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield. The success lies with the perfectly cast Steve Michaels who is a force of nature as... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 1st May 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ You’ll see the word rousing used everywhere in relation to The Last Ship, and with very good reason; the musical is a celebration of northern pride and also a call to arms for all those working within dying industries. In what is... Continue Reading →
