Tuesday, 16th May 2023 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quality Street: The Regency Comedy is J.M. Barrie’s take on life and love for the women left behind during the Napoleonic Wars; those who involuntarily became old maids when dreams of marriage departed along with the strapping patriotic men. Quality Street is certainly a farce in... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As You Like It is a tricky comedy to stage. It’s rich with famous Shakespearean gems and some great characters, but it’s also labyrinthian in places and it’s certainly one of the more overly generous of Will’s plays in terms of running time, which makes it... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Two sets of lovers tricked and tussled into emotional contortions somewhere between euphoria and agony? Welcome to one of Shakespeare’s more disturbing comedies! Conrad Nelson directs and under the wing of Liz Evans’ designs, the play is set circa the end of WW2, channeling the best music... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 10th October 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This production is a real comic gem. It’s a new adaptation of Dario Fo’s They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay! by Deborah McAndrew and it’s packed with wit, sharp tongued satire and a whole bunch of ridiculousness. Comedies taking on our current political climate tend to... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 22nd May 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Northern Broadsides tackle a literary giant with their latest production, Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. Deborah McAndrew certainly set herself a mammoth task in adapting the work of one of the most charmingly verbose figures of the British Literary Canon into two and a half hours of... Continue Reading →
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