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 →
Interview: Jenny Sealey talks “Self-Raising”
March 2024 Award winning artistic director Jenny Sealey is bringing her acclaimed solo show Self-Raising to the Bramall Rock Void at Leeds Playhouse this week (22-23 March). She has spent a lifetime championing stories by deaf and disabled artists and has been artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company, which puts access at the heart of... Continue Reading →
Review: Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet (Touring)
Friday, 8th March 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular choices for adaptations across art forms. The tale of “star-crossed lovers” captures imaginations in ways that few other stories have - and Sergei Prokofiev’s music is a glowing example. Shakespeare’s central threads... Continue Reading →
Review: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (Touring)
Wednesday, 28th February 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World? There are many of them, and in Chris Bush’s fun-loving adaptation of Kate Pankhurst’s fabulous book, we meet a generous selection of these extraordinary women. It’s a pretty classic set-up: schoolgirl Jade (Georgia Grant-Anderson) has lost her group at... Continue Reading →
Review: Imitating the Dog’s Frankenstein (Touring)
Saturday, 17th February 2024 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ This latest show from Imitating the Dog offers a key departure from the company’s usual approach: having no live cameras on stage. It does however maintain a characteristic cinematic quality in a bold and intriguing production. Billed as “inspired by” Mary Shelley’s brilliant novel, this take from... Continue Reading →
Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Touring)
Tuesday, 16th January 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mischief Comedy strike gold yet again with the hilarious Peter Pan Goes Wrong, a top notch farce full of surprises led by an excellent cast. It’s exactly what it says on the tin, this show: “Cornley Youth Theatre” are putting on a production... Continue Reading →
Review: Life of Pi (Touring)
Wednesday, 10th January 2024 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The stage adaptation of Life of Pi is a stunning piece of theatre, a spectacle-driven piece which is as visually rich as it is emotionally compelling. Much like watching War Horse or The Lion King, this show is a glowing example of why... Continue Reading →
Review: I Should Be So Lucky (Touring)
Wednesday, 13th December 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ As far as brazen camp-fest musicals go, I Should Be So Lucky is Out There and then some. Running full throttle through a whacky romance-driven plot on a candy floss set with no shortage of heart-shaped, pink-hued everything, this show gives audiences plenty to entertain, with... Continue Reading →
Review: Oliver! at Leeds Playhouse
Friday, 1st December 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Quarry Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Foooood, glorious foooooood”… Lionel Bart’s Oliver! boasts some of the best and most iconic ditties in musical theatre, make no mistake - and book, music and lyrics combine to do a fabulous job of bringing Charles Dickens’ famous characters to the stage in all the... Continue Reading →
Review: Rock’n’Roll Robin Hood at Leeds City Varieties
Thursday, 30th November 2023 at Leeds City Varieties ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rock’n’Roll Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood is this year’s panto offering at Leeds City Varieties and it joins previous productions at the venue as one of the best festive offerings each year. This tale sees the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham and his numpty... Continue Reading →