…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
Wednesday 13th February 2019 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ York Light’s production of Grease is a grinning, happy affair full of energy and youth, just as Grease should be. There will surely be few who don’t know the plot of this smash hit movie musical, but for those who aren’t in the know, Grease follows... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 12th February 2019 at the Grand Opera House York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Saturday Night Fever arrives on stages once more, decades after the hit Paramount/RSO film delighted audiences. Robert Stigwood adapts Nick Cohn’s story for the stage in collaboration with Bill Oakes and the musical does a good job of delivering some 70s escapism via the... Continue Reading →
Friday 25th January 2019 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Vampires Rock is a whole lot of talent wrapped up in a whole lot of bonkers, self-mocking entertainment. There’s no question about how Creator, writer, director and star Steve Steinman wants his show to be received. In the closing moments, he demands... Continue Reading →
My top theatre productions of 2018 are up! You can read them all here. But there’s more praise to go around when I look back at the performances and productions to have impressed over the last year. So, with no actual awards to deliver, here are my top cast and creatives of 2018, who shall... Continue Reading →
Friday 14th December 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Berwick Kaler’s panto has been a York staple for the last 40 years. This is the last of his shows for the Theatre Royal as retirement is on the horizon, and that gives this show a unique atmosphere of great sentiment and celebration amidst the fun... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 20th November 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Mother Said I Never Should is a cross-generational story of four women dealing with a family secret. Written by Charlotte Keatley in the eighties and performed on stages regularly ever since, the play has an impressive longevity thanks to its clever combinations of ordinary folk... Continue Reading →
Friday 16th November 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As The Lakes Season (presented by Theatre by the Lake) winds down, the energy and panache of their productions picks up with Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense - an adaptation of P.G Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters from the comic minds of the Goodale... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 13th November 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ York Theatre Royal is currently enjoying The Lakes Season presented by Theatre by the Lake who are delivering 4 plays in ten days to the people of York. With Sense and Sensibility in the bag, it’s on to Single Spies which takes a look at two... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 17th October 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘What the f**k was that? I mean...I liked it, but what the f**k was that?’ This was the passionate proclamation of a young theatregoer as the lights came up after this performance of Gecko Theatre’s Missing - a physical theatre piece which sells itself as ‘a... Continue Reading →
