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 →
Interview: Ian Kelsey Talks “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice”
York-born Ian Kelsey is set to appear on stage at York Theatre Royal for the first time in the current tour of Jim Cartwright’s “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.” Here, Kelsey chats about playing the “bit of a leech” that is Ray in the show, getting back to in-person audiences and the glories... Continue Reading →
Interview: Paula Garfield Talks Deafinitely Theatre’s “Everyday”
How better to celebrate a 20th Anniversary than with a world première of a new show? Deafinitely Theatre are doing exactly that as they head out on tour with their latest show, “Everyday” - which stops off at York Theatre Royal from 21 - 22 June 2022. Here, Paula Garfield - writer, director and Artistic... Continue Reading →
Review: Red Ellen (Touring)
Tuesday 24th May 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “There is more than one way to kill a revolutionary.” Caroline Bird’s Red Ellen is the latest in a welcome clutch of new work spotlighting marginalised female figures from history. Ellen Wilkinson was undoubtedly a remarkable figure with a flawed personal life and a career spanning... Continue Reading →
Review: The Homecoming (Touring)
Monday 16th May 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The truth? I’m still not sure what to think of the bizarre but enthralling piece of theatre that is The Homecoming. I realise of course that this is precisely the reputation preceding Mr Harold Pinter, master of ambiguity and rule-breaking, so I’m happy to sit with... Continue Reading →
Review: Fatal Attraction (Touring)
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 at the Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Written by James Dearden and based on the iconic 1987 Paramount Pictures movie, this production of Fatal Attraction bravely makes its way on stage with a relatively small cast, a confident set design and some interesting - if at times odd -... Continue Reading →
Interview: Mathew Horne & Keith Allen Talk “The Homecoming”
Harold Pinter’s 1965 play “The Homecoming” has been called a “masterpiece” and a “modern classic”. Its exploration of family dynamics and rocky relationships earned this “bleakly funny” play a Tony Award and now a new production is making its way across the UK starring Mathew Horne (“Gavin and Stacey”, “Bad Education”, “Rain Man” Tour) and... Continue Reading →