…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
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 24th April 2018 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Based on the Paramount movie and original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical brings a movie classic to the stage. But despite big hits, big sets and generous drama, it doesn’t quite deliver the magic of... Continue Reading →
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 →
