Tuesday 30th April 2019 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Peter James’ spooky novel The House on Cold Hill takes to the stage in an adaptation by Shaun McKenna. It features a strong cast and seeks to scare the masses with a hyper-modern all round approach. It’s most definitely a tough gig to... Continue Reading →
Saturday 27th April 2019 at the Carriageworks, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Brave Face is Vamos’s latest work and it stands out primarily as a play much darker than its predecessors. It’s also much more subtle and thought-provoking in its ambiguity and dramatic ending. The play is based on two years of research with ex and serving... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 24th April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moira Buffini’s comedy announces itself as a work of great parody as soon as HRH enters with a mischievous glint in her eye just in time to interrupt and deflate a fiery speech from Margaret Thatcher. You see, Thatcher is conspiring to get a chair brought... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th April 2019 at the Crazy Coqs (Live at Zédel). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Musical theatre fans, gather round! Actually, music fans in general, get over here. If you’ve ever physically or facially reacted to a specific note, rewound a song to hear a riff again, or actively forced friends to listen to a particular part of... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 16th April 2019 at the Playhouse Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From Tradition to If I Were a Rich Man to Matchmaker, Matchmaker, most will know catches of a ditty or two of Jerry Bock’s music and Sheldon Harnick’s lyrics from this show. After a knock out, sell out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, this... Continue Reading →
Monday 15th April 2019 at The Bridge Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brunhilde Pomsel led a fascinating life. By chance, she found herself working closely with key figures of the Nazi regime, finding herself Joseph Goebbels’ secretary and subsequently imprisoned for the association. This may well be the information which defines her story, but in Christopher Hampton’s... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 10th April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In this new hyper-contemporary production, Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness is ‘retold for today’ by imitating the dog. A text very much of its time, this production takes the bull by the horns and in a supremely meta set-up, offers the text in a... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 9th April 2019 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kinky Boots strutted into the Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds last night like it owned the whole damn city. It was faaabulous! With wise-cracking and heartfelt book by Harvey Fierstein alongside fierce, catchy anthems and powerhouse ballads from Cyndi Lauper it’s... Continue Reading →
Friday 5th April 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Every time I see an Oscar Wilde-related production I fall all over again for the sheer grit and elegance of the man. While his satirical plays with eagle-eyed social commentary most often find their way into our theatres now, this production, rather uniquely, brings one of... Continue Reading →
