…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Saturday 21st April 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️ Written by Steve Trafford and devised by Annie Castledine, Steve Trafford and Elizabeth Mansfield, Hymn to Love - Homage to Piaf is a ninety minute tribute to the talent of Edith Piaf - a woman considered small in stature but never in character or voice. It’s... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 11th April 2018 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Spoonful of Sherman celebrates the wonderful works of the Sherman brothers and features a generous display of their work; with 31 songs in Act 1 and 24 in Act 2 - some within medleys and some complete - there’s no short changing to be found here.... Continue Reading →
Saturday 7th April 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re currently seeing a much-needed increase in the amount of coverage of the LGBTQ+ community, but little of the coverage offers opportunities for members of that community to be heard in their own words. Jamie Fletcher’s Dancing Bear offers a platform to members of that community,... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th February 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘You called, and we came. You called, and we came. You called, and we came’. A story of promise, disillusionment, betrayal and ultimately a story of acceptance and celebration, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Windrush: Movement of the people looks at the passengers aboard the SS Empire Windrush... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 6th December 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As Professor Kirke tells our child protagonists; the mind should be like a parachute in order to function: open, and this spectacular production of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe glorifies exactly that, taking the audience on an adventure of pure fantasy. West... Continue Reading →
Thursday 21st September at West Yorkshire Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 So. It finally happened. In seeing Two Man Show, commissioned by Soho Theatre and Northern Stage, I have finally seen that kind of fringe show which graces a great meme or features as an easy target in a sitcom... it might well be a work of genius,... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd August 2017 at the Wyndham's Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, written by Lanie Robertson and directed by Lonny Price, is inspired by a boyfriend of Robertson's experience of seeing Holiday perform in a tiny, run down venue to a tiny audience in 1959, four months before her death.... Continue Reading →
In part II of my interview with Tom Adams of Elephant and Castle, we talk all things theatre in the (relatively) quick fire round! Who or what has inspired you most in theatre and why? My friend Laura Mugridge. She is a theatre maker who has a similar background to me - so acting and... Continue Reading →
'West Yorkshire Playhouse's Autumn/ Winter 17 Season is a vibrant collection of diverse stories from across the world, retold by exceptional theatre makers.' -WYP It's official: West Yorkshire Playhouse has a very exciting Autumn/winter season planned... I went along to their launch event yesterday and found myself very impressed with the line-up; the season is... Continue Reading →
