Thursday 6th October 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d is one of the best whodunnits going if you ask me. This production - a new adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff - does a fantastic job of weaving and steadily unravelling threads without ever feeling contrived or letting too much slip too... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 5th October 2022 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Friendsical, A Parody Musical is one of those shows… when it’s good, it’s great fun, and when it’s bad, it’s almost forgivable - parodying a beloved long-running TV series is no easy feat after all! Writer and lyricist Miranda Larson (who also directs) frames the narrative as... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 4th October 2022 at The Old Red Lion Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Tina Zucco Maybe, Probably is a play about the doubts and fears of parenting in a modern world. The play begins with Guy (Cory English) and Kate (Kristy Meyer) deciding while at their friends’ house, that although their relationship has gone brilliantly... Continue Reading →
Monday 3rd October 2022 at York Theatre Royal What do you do when you’re the big name for “an audience with…” and your interviewer is stuck on a delayed train? That’s what happened to Graham Norton at his York gig and he turned a screw-up of the rail services into a fortuitous opportunity for a... Continue Reading →
Saturday October 1st 2022 at Bread & Roses Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Tender Mercies is a one-woman show that presents a promising turnaround for the true crime genre. It doesn’t exploit or use death as a means for continued audience engagement. In fact, it does quite the opposite. Collette Cullen, the playwright, has... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 28th September 2022 at The Courtyard Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes With the popularity of the controversial Dahmer Netflix series having social media in a chokehold, it’s fair to say serial killers are popular right now. Or, the media version of serial killers anyway. But these versions are never written by the victims.... Continue Reading →
Thursday 29th September 2022 at The White Bear Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Issy Flower Premiering just after Rosh Hashanah, Candlesticks poses increasingly topical questions about the relationship between Judaism and Christianity, religion and identity, and the way in which these can be discovered or lost to the detriment of the family. Unfortunately, the variable quality... Continue Reading →
Monday 26th September 2022 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Written and performed by Apphia Campbell, Black is the Color of My Voice reflects on the life of the iconic Nina Simone: distinctive vocalist with a powerful, expressive voice; passionate and gifted pianist; voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Under the pseudonym... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 21st September 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes When Tyler (played by Charlie Kafflyn) takes up driving lessons for the first time with trusty instructor Max (played by Geoffrey Aymer), not only do his lessons cover the rules of the road, but lessons in life and our duty of responsibility become... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 20th September 2022 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Patrick Hamilton’s Gaslight is a classic 1930’s stage thriller. Set in 1880, the play follows a classically ill at ease Victorian wife and her classically dismissive Victorian husband as the pair navigate what appears to be her swift mental deterioration. Faye Weerasinghe is a likeable but very... Continue Reading →
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