Wednesday 22nd June 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s not until you see Dreamgirls live on stage that you truly understand what it takes to bring it to life for audiences. The sheer graft on display from a gifted cast is fantastic to watch when it comes to spectacle and story,... Continue Reading →
Review: Deafinitely Theatre’s Everyday (Touring)
Tuesday 21st June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ To mark the 20th Anniversary of Deafinitely Theatre Company, Paula Garfield has written and directed a new work: Everyday. The play draws its material from hard to digest statistics about the increase in domestic abuse cases during the lockdowns - with particular focus on deaf and... Continue Reading →
Review: The Girl on the Train at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Friday 17th June 2022 at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes An exciting piece of theatre in the heart of North London! The international phenomenon novel by Paula Hawkins has been adapted into a thrilling new stage adaption by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. The Girl on a Train tells the story of... Continue Reading →
Review: Sixty-Seven at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London
Saturday 11th June 2022 at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Brilliant brilliant brilliant! Now I am a sucker for a show about women facing a quarter life crisis of some sort, and as somebody who describes herself as having an “extended quarter life crisis”, the feeling sticks. Described as “an... Continue Reading →
Review: A Final Act of Friendship at The Bridge House Theatre
Saturday, May 28th 2022 at The Bridge House Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Fresh from it's 5* run at the White Bear Theatre, A Final Act of Friendship, is a celebration of friendship and love, what it means to step outside of your own prejudices and see the person underneath it all. Written by... Continue Reading →
Review: Maggie May at Leeds Playhouse
Wednesday 11th May 2022 at Leeds Playhouse (Courtyard Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Who am I then?” “Who else would I be?” Frances Poet’s Maggie May takes this idea of an endangered sense of identity and builds on it layer over layer until we see the true weight of its significance. In this perceptive and sensitive play, what... Continue Reading →
Review: For the Love of a Primary Caregiver at Brixton House
Thursday 5th May 2022 at Brixton House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes “Legally blonde, but black”. Rosemary (played by Princess Donough) is your typical type A personality, she has done everything by the book – completed university at a socially acceptable age, kept her rebellious period disciplined and well contained, people pleased and pandered; Rosemary finessed... Continue Reading →
Review: House of Ife at Bush Theatre, London
Wednesday 4th May 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes How do you approach the death of a loved one when it’s shrouded in shame? House of Ife thrusts us into the world of a family mourning the loss of son and brother Ife. Each family member deals with the pain differently and... Continue Reading →
Review: I Wanna Be Yours at Leeds Playhouse
Wednesday 4th May 2022 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Zia Ahmed’s layered and insightful play, Ella and Haseeb meet by chance and are soon smitten, but their happy bubble of two is quickly compromised by external forces as they try to overcome cultural differences. Eva Scott and Usman Nawaz make a wholly endearing and likeable... Continue Reading →
Review: Fury Theatre’s Abigail
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 at The Space Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes What does pure inhibited rage look like when it’s not diluted in a world full of takers? Abigail brings to the stage the true life character of Abigail Williams, one of the first afflicted girls in the Salem Witch Trials. A brave... Continue Reading →