…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Tuesday 13th February 2018 at West Yorkshire Playhouse ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 This stage version of Sebastian Faulks’ Birdsong is directed by Alastair Whatley with Charlotte Peters and is presented by Birdsong Productions Ltd. It’s a marathon rather than a sprint and at 80 minutes for Act 1 and 50 minutes for Act 2, it’s a production which... Continue Reading →
Saturday 18th November 2017 at Liverpool Empire Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ War Horse is the epitome of emotive puppetry; delicate, nuanced and full of character, the animals of this production are stunning. A National Theatre production which has seen enormous success since its conception, this play, based on Michael Morpurgo's novel and adapted for the stage by... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 11th April, 2017 at West Yorkshire Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Michael Morpurgo's 'Running Wild' tells many stories, but is framed around a little girl named Lilly who takes a trip to Indonesia with her mother after her father's death. There is subsequently a tsunami and the elephant Lilly is riding (Oona) runs off into the jungle... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 15th March, 2017, at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Narvik, written by Lizzie Nunnery and performed by Box of Tricks Theatre Company, is cleverly framed around a seemingly dying man, who has fallen, alone in his house, aged ninety, and is unable to get up. If he isn't found, he'll likely die. While he awaits his... Continue Reading →
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Wednesday, 2nd November 2016. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ O Kneehigh, what a wonder you are! This is a long one folks, it simply cannot be otherwise, so settle in... Adapted from Michael Morpurgo's children's book (by Emma Rice and Morpurgo himself), Kneehigh's '946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips' is a hilarious, moving and thoroughly... Continue Reading →
