Tuesday 11th June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Bar Space). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As with her last venture You’ve Changed, Kate O’Donnell delivers a show full of gently irreverent wit and great deeper significance with Hayley and Me. My shower of praise when it comes to stage presence and warmth still stand here and I found myself once... 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 →
Monday 11th March 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sparkplug is the latest touring work from Box of Tricks Theatre; a new play by David Judge which was a finalist for the Alfred Fagon Award Best New Play Of the Year 2017. It’s not difficult to see why. The indefatigable Judge both writes and stars... Continue Reading →
Saturday 9th March 2019 at York Theatre Royal (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ John Webster’s The Duchess Of Malfi is a bit of a titan and York Settlement Community Players do a great job of bringing its most gripping moments of dramatic power to life. It’s impossible to experience this play without our current social and political climate... Continue Reading →
Friday 22nd February at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ With polar opposite birth stories to tell, a pair of mums toss out the filters and share some home truths about the beauty and the brutality of birth. In Wild, Katie Villa and Laura Mugridge demand that we see women and mothers in real world terms rather... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 19th February 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Off The Middle have their sights set on tear ducts with this production of In Other Words by Matthew Seager. An intense two hander, the production gives an emotive insight into just what it’s like to feel yourself losing a loved one to Dementia - specifically... Continue Reading →
Thursday 24th January 2019 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Written and conceived by Elizabeth Carter and Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, Between Us is a one woman show starring Carter as three varied women who all have one thing in common: terrible love lives and desire for better. Elizabeth is our central character. She’s a busy actress... Continue Reading →
Thursday 21st June 2018 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Forget about the Dog Theatre bring a bold and inventive show to the stage with 100 Ways to Tie a Shoelace. Kat has been in an accident and has suffered brain injuries which are affecting her memory and her access to language. She’s on the road... Continue Reading →
Thursday 7th June 2018 at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is not the first time Bite My Thumb have produced John Godber’s Bouncers, and it shows. This is a very finely tuned production which sees a cast of four hit every mark with impressive precision - the cast know where the laughs are, and... Continue Reading →
