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 →
Monday 23rd July 2019 at the Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre Pop Up, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wrongsemble are introducing youngsters to the bard and in their production the great William Shakespeare is imagined as his younger self (going by the name of Billy Shakes, naturally). Their take on young Billy is a thoroughly entertaining whirling bundle of energy... 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 →
Saturday 20th July 2019 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Austentatious is improv with a lovely and quirky twist (the clue is in the name). A quick-thinking cast of six take an audience-suggested title of a ‘lost’ or under-appreciated Austen novel and spend an hour and something bringing it into being. Among... 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 →
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 →
Wednesday 5th June 2019 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The hit film hits the stage with Little Miss Sunshine: A Road Musical currently touring U.K. theatres in a production which jovially joins the adaptation craze with mixed results. Little Miss Sunshine is of course based on the runaway hit 2006 movie (written by... Continue Reading →
