Thursday, 26th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Learning to Fly, with its premise of a lonely teen unexpectedly bonding with the isolated old lady in the creepy house down the road, engages with a pretty popular dynamic when it comes to telling tales and reflecting on the state of ourselves and our world.... Continue Reading →
Review: The Choir of Man at Arts Theatre, London
Thursday, 26th October 2023 at the Arts Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes With its combination of toe-tapping, knee-slapping songs and heartfelt monologues penned by Ben Norris, The Choir of Man provides a unique 90 minute theatre experience. Created by Andrew Kay and Nic Doodson (who also directs), the show is set in a working... Continue Reading →
Review: Frankenstein (Touring)
Tuesday, 24th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein really is one of the greats, and it takes vision to adapt it for the stage as Séan Aydon adapts and directs this production from Tilted Wig Theatre. Here we have a lens shift to consider more recent and current ideas such as... Continue Reading →
Review: The Lodger at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Thursday, 19th October 2023 at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes Written by Lauren Lewis, The Lodger is a sit-com play which navigates social class, inter-generational issues, and immigration in a comedic 60-minutes. We meet Mum Kate as she fusses around her husband David, and adult daughters Lily and Megan, preparing... Continue Reading →
Review: Breaking the Castle at The Pleasance, London
Wednesday, 18th October 2023 at The Pleasance, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Charlotte Dawes Written and performed by Peter Cook, Breaking the Castle shines a light on the often-misunderstood complexities of mental health and addiction. The moving piece, which had a critically acclaimed Fringe run, is inspired by Cook’s own extraordinary life experiences. We follow the fictionalised... Continue Reading →
Review: The Full Monty (Touring)
Tuesday, 17th October 2023 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Simon Beaufoy’s award-winning play is back out on tour and the latest cast are bringing plenty of wise-cracking and hip-shimmying to the masses in this tale of, er, thinking outside the box when faced with long-term unemployment. While this show, based on... Continue Reading →
Review: The Flea at The Yard Theatre
Tuesday, 17th October 2023 at The Yard Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman The Yard, on the few occasions I have been, has never failed to deliver on its mission to cross genres and break boundaries-- to 'invite us into journeys of escape, euphoria, possibility and hope.' James Fritz's The Flea, directed by The Yard's... Continue Reading →
Review: Metamorphosis (Touring)
Tuesday, 10th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is a twisted house” says a visitor to the Samsa abode - and it’s a verdict which pretty much sums up this tale and this production. Metamorphosis is both a study of man’s inhumanity to man within the context of financial stresses and an ambitious... Continue Reading →
Interview: Scott Graham & Lemn Sissay talk Frantic Assembly’s “Metamorphosis”
October 2023 Frantic Assembly’s Metamorphosis arrives at York Theatre Royal this week, before continuing its tour until March 2024. Here, Lyn Gardner chats to Artistic Director Scott Graham and writer Lemn Sissay, who has adapted this version of Kafka’s famous tale… In 2019, when actor, writer and director Fraser Ayres suggested to Scott Graham, the... Continue Reading →
Review: I, Daniel Blake (Touring)
Friday, 6th October 2023 at Leeds Playhouse (Courtyard Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If ever there was a “right time” to have I, Daniel Blake on stage, surely it’s now. Ken Loach’s 2016 film, with screenplay by Paul Laverty and on which this stage adaptation from Dave Johns is based, really rustled feathers, and rightly so. With its... Continue Reading →
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