Tuesday 8th August 2023 at Camden People’s Theatre. ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman 'I like writing about sex.' If I had to pick one, unifying, standout line, this one is undoubtedly a keeper. It is both the crux of, and confusion within, Alex Millington's interactive, metatheatrical two-hander in which he proceeds to re-create a previous encounter... Continue Reading →
Thursday 3rd August 2023 at the King's Head Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes Written by Martin Lewton and directed by Andrew McKinnon, Scream Queer Murder is a comedy providing an intriguing view of the changes in identity and sexuality stereotypes in the 1950s and today, through the lens of an Agatha Christie style novel.... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 25th July 2023 at Arcola Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes As society grapples with the complexities of maintaining community roots during redevelopment, Union offers a compelling perspective of the gentrification happening around us in London. Directed by Wiebke Green, Union tackles this multi-faceted process through Saskia, played by Dominique Tipper, a property developer... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 25th July 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Few shows can boast the kind of spectacle and sense of trapped-in-amber theatrical magic that 42nd Street delivers. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes and the movie of the same name, and with book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, 42nd Street... Continue Reading →
Saturday 15th July, 2023 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Dreams is a brand new musical which brings resilience, reconnection and love of life centre stage as rad country-rock chick Kenna brings friends old and new together for a celebration. Kenna, once the lead in the now defunct band “Heartbreak Radio”, stumbles across a local place... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 20th June 2023 at Riverside Studios, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Note: one minor spoiler below… Spy for Spy derives from an important, dramaturgically tight, concept: ‘love on shuffle’. The idea is that life, and our memories of life’s events, don’t occur in a linear fashion. So why should we present this on stage—a... Continue Reading →
Monday, 19th June 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Featuring one of the best selections of hits going in a musical right now, Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments (based on the novel of the same name) offers plenty of toe-tapping entertainment. Set in Dublin, where a bunch of youngsters seek to bring soul... Continue Reading →
Monday, 12th June 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another crowd-pleasing screen-to-stage musical? Yes indeed, and The Bodyguard, The Musical is an impressive stage rendition of the hit 1992 Warner Brothers film. Promising romance and danger and fantastic Whitney Houston hits throughout, this show goes all out in the name of entertainment.... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th June 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ian Hallard’s tribute to ABBA fandom takes shape as this warm tale of friendship and am-dram, directed by Mark Gatiss. The Way Old Friends Do sees two old school friends, Peter and Edward, reunite unexpectedly and circumstances conspire to inspire them to put on a gender-swapped... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 5th June 2023 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dirty Dancing, Eleanor Bergstein’s take on “The Classic Story on Stage” is at Leeds Grand Theatre this week. If last night is anything to go by, the cast are going to have some great fun with the Leeds crowds - and the Leeds... Continue Reading →
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