Wednesday 7th October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse (Outdoor). Live theatre is back and it comes with a side of lawless anarchy and lip-smacking satire in this whirlwind production from Imitating the Dog. Co-written and directed by Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks, and billed as a horror show with nods to all kinds of influences from... Continue Reading →
Interview: Lisa Howard Talks Park Bench Theatre, Every Time a Bell Rings & Life in Lockdown
Guest interview: Steve Pratt chats with Lisa Howard ahead of her work with Engine House Theatre’s Park Bench Theatre season in York. Lisa Howard went back to the land during lockdown. “I went allotmenting, growing stuff and trying to feed the world from my allotment. I was imagining the worst, that there would be no... Continue Reading →
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at RHS Harlow Carr
Wednesday 10th July 2019 at RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s always a fun few hours when Oddsocks are on stage entertaining happy pic-nic-ers. This summer season sees the company bring one of the bard’s very best works to the masses with a lively and jovially updated production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This production... Continue Reading →
Review: Wuthering Heights (Touring)
Saturday 22nd June 2019 in Roundhay Park, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is quite frankly one of the best works in the English literary canon. With its tempestuous narrative and love to hate characters, it’s not only a gripping read but also a gorgeously crafted piece of fiction. Bringing such a work to the... Continue Reading →
Review: Heartbreak Productions’ Pride & Prejudice
Saturday 25th August 2018 at Roundhay Park, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It is a truth universally acknowledged that Pride and Prejudice is one of, if not the greatest work of Jane Austen... David Kerby-Kendall has taken up the perilous task of adapting this classic for the stage, condensing a sweeping narrative into around two hours - and... Continue Reading →
Review: Heartbreak Productions’ Much Ado About Nothing
Friday 13th July 2018 in Roundhay Park, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Heartbreak Productions frame their take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing as a local village production raising funds for the British Red Cross in 1919. The eager locals bustle and bicker as they prepare for the performance to start, chatting to audience members and playing old... Continue Reading →