The Original Theatre Company’s production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mirror Crack’d” is just around the corner for York folk. The show plays York Theatre Royal next month (4th – 8th October 2022) with Joe McFadden playing Jason Rudd. Winner of “Strictly Come Dancing” in 2017, Joe’s stage credits include “Priscilla - Queen Of The Desert”... Continue Reading →
Interview: Susie Blake Talks Playing Miss Marple in “The Mirror Crack’d”
The Original Theatre Company’s production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mirror Crack’d” is set to play York Theatre Royal next month (4th - 8th October 2022). Here Susie Blake, best known for a raft of stage work in the West End and beyond, playing the Continuity Announcer in “Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV”, and roles... Continue Reading →
Review: Girl from the North Country (Tour)
Tuesday 6th September 2022 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Girl from the North Country has proven to be a hit on Broadway, in the West End and on tour. It’s a winding, episodic tale following a group of lost souls in a Minnesota boarding house circa 1934, set to the songs of the great Bob... Continue Reading →
Interview: Conor McPherson Talks “Girl from the North Country”
Girl from the North Country has already conquered the West End, Broadway and beyond. Now on tour across the UK, the show is set to stop off at York Theatre Royal from the 6th to the 10th of September. Here, Fiona Mountford, Theatre Critic at the London Evening Standard from 2002-2019 interviews playwright Conor McPherson.... Continue Reading →
Interview: Maureen Lennon Talks New Play The Coppergate Woman
Maureen Lennon’s latest play, “The Coppergate Woman”, is set to take to the stage at York Theatre Royal later this month. In this new community-centred work, the Yorvick Centre’s famous relic comes to life to interact with modern day dwellers in the city of York. So with the Coppergate Woman’s stage debut just a round... Continue Reading →
Review: The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Touring)
Monday 4th July 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This latest touring production of Jim Cartwright’s Olivier Award-winning play features some stellar casting in Christina Bianco as Little Voice and Shobna Gulati as her mother. Under direction of Bronagh Lagan, the pair give Cartwright’s brutal yet witty Little Voice the gusto and heart it deserves.... Continue Reading →
Review: The Play What I Wrote (Touring)
Monday 27th June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Morecambe and Wise began their career together after persuading a producer to give their solo acts a break in favour of a double act performance at the Liverpool Empire in 1941. 80 years on, their legacy has inspired many tributes and in The Play What I... Continue Reading →
Interview: Christina Bianco Talks Starring as “Little Voice”
Christina Bianco, with her chameleonic voice and reputation for uncanny impressions of powerhouse vocalists, will soon arrive to York Theatre Royal with the current touring production of “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice”. Here, Bianco chats about taking on the demanding centre stage role of Little Voice, those famous vocal impersonations and what she’s... Continue Reading →
Interview: The Cast of “The Play What I Wrote”
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: Deafinitely Theatre’s Everyday (Touring)
Tuesday 21st June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ To mark the 20th Anniversary of Deafinitely Theatre Company, Paula Garfield has written and directed a new work: Everyday. The play draws its material from hard to digest statistics about the increase in domestic abuse cases during the lockdowns - with particular focus on deaf and... Continue Reading →