Emma Rice’s Wise Children are set to return to York Theatre Royal with their second show this September - a musical adaptation of Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers. Here Rice talks favourite characters, the worrying status of the arts in schools... and her own time in uniform! Which Malory Towers character were you in your schooldays?... Continue Reading →
Sarah Waters has seen her work successfully adapted for both stage and screen over the years. The love affair between creatives and her best-selling novels continues with the latest adaptation being the upcoming York Theatre Royal & Original Theatre Company production of The Night Watch. Here Waters talks The Night Watch, her love of theatre and... Continue Reading →
Just in time for the school holidays, a new adventure tale lands in York! Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s novel Swallows & Amazons plays York Theatre Royal from 26th July - 24th August 2019 (tickets here). Here, five members of the cast - Anne-Marie Piazza, Alex Winfield, Ellen Chivers, Kiernan Buckeridge, William Pennington and Laura Soper... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 17th July 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s a challenge in writing about Theatre Re’s latest Work, Birth, and there are two very specific reasons for this. Firstly, the subject matter benefits from a dark reveal so discussion of the narrative is limited, and secondly, the piece is quite simply ‘poetry in motion’... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 12th June 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy isn’t a stage staple these days but there’s a lot of merit to this play which was captured on film in 1989 and received success to the tune of Oscars and Golden Globes. The play looks at personal and political history,... Continue Reading →
Thursday 23rd May 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Can an 1898 psychological thriller still cause a stir? Yes, as it turns out. Henry James’ sound grasp of the most thrilling gothic traditions appear in this tale of an impressionable young Governess and her charges. Children in peril and a mind in turmoil will always... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 21st May 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ School gives us the best years of our lives, isn’t that how the saying goes? But it really depends on how you look at it. There are those who rule the roost with a snarl and a turbo-ego and those who spend their school years clinging... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 24th April 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Moira Buffini’s comedy announces itself as a work of great parody as soon as HRH enters with a mischievous glint in her eye just in time to interrupt and deflate a fiery speech from Margaret Thatcher. You see, Thatcher is conspiring to get a chair brought... 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 →
