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 →
Friday, 15th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ian Stroughair once more takes to the York Theatre Royal stage as alter ego Velma Celli - this time with a show celebrating “pop royalty”: God Save the Queens. Celli’s style is very much that classic brand of cabaret in which the audience is treated as... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 6th September 2023 at York Theatre Royal. Les Enfants Terribles’ take on Sophie Anderson’s young adult novel, The House with Chicken Legs, is a quirky, heartfelt and visually rich show. Co-directors James Seager and Oliver Lansley (who also adapted the story for the stage) deliver heart and humour in a fine balance, allowing the... Continue Reading →
Wednesday 7th June 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ian Hallard’s tribute to ABBA fandom takes shape as this warm tale of friendship and am-dram, directed by Mark Gatiss. The Way Old Friends Do sees two old school friends, Peter and Edward, reunite unexpectedly and circumstances conspire to inspire them to put on a gender-swapped... Continue Reading →
