When Sean Foley and Hamish McColl created The Play What I Wrote they wanted the story to be inspired by the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise rather than a tribute act – and so they created a new comedy duo. As the two characters, Dennis and Thom, attempt to revive their failing act with a... Continue Reading →
Review: Retake, Remake! (Touring)
Thursday 16th June 2022 at Harrogate Theatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Retake, Remake! seeks to take back air time. Over the years, many movies, TV shows and various other platforms have given storylines specifically depicting those with learning disabilities to actors without such lived experiences. As such, the depictions in those storylines are often out of kilter with... Continue Reading →
Interview: Ian Kelsey Talks “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice”
York-born Ian Kelsey is set to appear on stage at York Theatre Royal for the first time in the current tour of Jim Cartwright’s “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.” Here, Kelsey chats about playing the “bit of a leech” that is Ray in the show, getting back to in-person audiences and the glories... Continue Reading →
Interview: Paula Garfield Talks Deafinitely Theatre’s “Everyday”
How better to celebrate a 20th Anniversary than with a world première of a new show? Deafinitely Theatre are doing exactly that as they head out on tour with their latest show, “Everyday” - which stops off at York Theatre Royal from 21 - 22 June 2022. Here, Paula Garfield - writer, director and Artistic... Continue Reading →
Review: The Homecoming (Touring)
Monday 16th May 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The truth? I’m still not sure what to think of the bizarre but enthralling piece of theatre that is The Homecoming. I realise of course that this is precisely the reputation preceding Mr Harold Pinter, master of ambiguity and rule-breaking, so I’m happy to sit with... Continue Reading →
Review: Showstopper! (Tour)
Saturday 23rd April 2022 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Olivier Award-winning Showstopper is currently touring the UK, offering a special brand of improv entertainment: musical theatre built upon the random foundations offered up by audiences. Here we have a show which promises to be completely unique each night, with no two shows too similar... Continue Reading →
Interview: Reginald D. Hunter Talks “Bombe Shuffleur” Tour
Taking a glance at the title of Reginald D. Hunter’s new show should reassure you that the UK-based American stand-up, writer and documentary-maker is still firing on all his provocative cylinders. Bombe Shuffleur may make you think of a different language, but it still has the word ‘bomb’ in it. “There are people who drop... Continue Reading →
Interview: Mathew Horne & Keith Allen Talk “The Homecoming”
Harold Pinter’s 1965 play “The Homecoming” has been called a “masterpiece” and a “modern classic”. Its exploration of family dynamics and rocky relationships earned this “bleakly funny” play a Tony Award and now a new production is making its way across the UK starring Mathew Horne (“Gavin and Stacey”, “Bad Education”, “Rain Man” Tour) and... Continue Reading →
Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Touring)
Tuesday 13th April 2022 at Leeds Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a particularly exemplary adaptation. In the hands of Simon Stephens as adaptor and Marianne Elliott as director, it takes its source material - the brilliant best-selling novel by Mark Haddon - and transforms... Continue Reading →
Review: Far Gone (Touring)
Thursday 31st March 2022 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “As a little boy, aged eight, I was nearly kidnapped from my home in Northern Uganda by the rebel group the Lords Resistance Army… This play is not about me, the kid who was lucky enough to escape. This play is for the hundreds of thousands... Continue Reading →