December 2023 York Theatre Royal’s panto opens this week, bringing a classic back to the stage with “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Nina Wadia (“EastEnders”, “Citizen Khan”, “Goodness Gracious Me”) is set to play Fairy Sugarsnap and chats to Steve Pratt here about first impressions of panto, her charity work and some career highlights so far…... Continue Reading →
Monday, 27th November 2023 at York’s Grand Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s a lot of fun to be had at the latest touring production of Shrek the Musical from co-directors Samuel Holmes and Nick Winston. With all the lovable characters from the DreamWorks movie brilliantly brought to life by a cracking cast, plenty of musical magic... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 14th November 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mild spoilers ahead… The Merchant of Venice: comedy? Romance? So some say. To me it’s always been a tragedy of powerlessness which wrongfully sidelines its most compelling character, so I am a huge fan of this latest adaptation which restructures and reframes the story to place... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 24th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein really is one of the greats, and it takes vision to adapt it for the stage as Séan Aydon adapts and directs this production from Tilted Wig Theatre. Here we have a lens shift to consider more recent and current ideas such as... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 10th October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This is a twisted house” says a visitor to the Samsa abode - and it’s a verdict which pretty much sums up this tale and this production. Metamorphosis is both a study of man’s inhumanity to man within the context of financial stresses and an ambitious... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 3rd October 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This double bill from Rambert promises journeys between life and death, exploring zest for the former and varied attitudes towards the latter. With a stellar company bringing Ben Duke’s fantastically varied and theatrical choreography to life in all its shades of darkness and light, Death Trap... Continue Reading →
Thursday 28th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ In A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction, writer Miranda Rose Hall offers something between an impassioned academic lecture (with a few choice expletives thrown in for good measure) and a confessional solo show. It packs in an awful lot of information and... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 27th September 2023 at Theatre @41 Monkgate, York. ⭐️⭐️ In this particular “whodunnit” from the great Agatha Christie, ten strangers find themselves thrown together (by invitation) at a rural estate on an island. Each has done wrong and each must pay a price. Gradually, they begin to drop like flies and in line with... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, 19th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Murder in the Dark is a trippy thriller from writer Torben Betts that takes its own sweet time to lay foundations before unleashing a pretty gripping final segment. What really impresses though, somewhat surprisingly, is how well this show courts comedy. Not just in the sense... Continue Reading →
September 2023 “A Play For The Living In A Time of Extinction” is described as “a bold experiment in eco theatre-making” which sees the performance powered by bicycles generating electricity. The show is set to arrive at York Theatre Royal later this month (27-30 September) and here, Director Mingyu Lin chats to Steve Pratt about... Continue Reading →
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