Saturday 22nd June 2019 in Roundhay Park, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is quite frankly one of the best works in the English literary canon. With its tempestuous narrative and love to hate characters, it’s not only a gripping read but also a gorgeously crafted piece of fiction. Bringing such a work to the... Continue Reading →
Friday 21st June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ We’re all fascinated by the backstage scene - we want to know about the hilarious shenanigans, the gripes and the bust-ups. Oh No It Isn’t! looks at both the scenes on stage and back stage, switching between the two for some fantastic quick-time comedy which bursts... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 18th June 2019 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Families. Love them or loathe them, they’re a complex muddle of individuals and it’s never too difficult to find frictions beneath the surface. In the case of Cody Daigle-Orians’ In the Bones, there’s not much digging to be done; the anguish of this family is evident... Continue Reading →
Yeadon Town Hall launches the world premiere of The Carole King Songbook this weekend (tickets here) so I caught up with some of the cast - Eve Rihanna Kitchingman and Thomas Lillywhite - along with Producer Jamie Hudson to find out all things The Carole King Songbook... First up, the cast: How are you preparing... Continue Reading →
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 →
Monday 10th June 2019 at York Grand Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rocky Horror Show isn’t your typical quirky musical. It’s a an unrelenting, unrestrained and uninhibited celebration of all that is weird, wild and whacky. It’s not concerned with many of the usual trappings of a big bold musical and is instead hell-bent on delivering one... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 7th May 2019 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers has landed in Leeds and is set to steal hearts here as it has done year in and year out both nationally and internationally. Frankly, I hope Blood Brothers never disappears from the touring circuit - it’s a... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 10th April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In this new hyper-contemporary production, Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novel Heart of Darkness is ‘retold for today’ by imitating the dog. A text very much of its time, this production takes the bull by the horns and in a supremely meta set-up, offers the text in a... Continue Reading →
Monday 1st April 2019 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️ In Tom Stoppard’s comedy Rough Crossing we’re taken to sea with a sparse cast of actors playing a very sparse cast of inept actors rehearsing aboard a ship. Our cast have a tall order to deliver. Although the cast are a talented... Continue Reading →
