Review: Quality Street (Touring)

Tuesday, 16th May 2023 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Quality Street: The Regency Comedy is J.M. Barrie’s take on life and love for the women left behind during the Napoleonic Wars; those who involuntarily became old maids when dreams of marriage departed along with the strapping patriotic men. Quality Street is certainly a farce in... Continue Reading →

Review: Heathers The Musical (Touring)

Tuesday, 9th May 2023 at York Grand Theatre and Opera House. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s catty, there’s bitchy, and then there’s Heathers The Musical: “mythic bitch” central. With book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, and based on the 1988 film by Daniel Waters, this show is a darkly comic look at the sacrifices... Continue Reading →

Review: Mayflies at York Theatre Royal

Thursday, 4th May 2023 at York Theatre Royal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The world of modern dating: connection online, awkward first meetings and the inevitable gamble taken on whether or not anything will come of it. Gus Gowland’s warm-hearted new musical, Mayflies, follows a pairing who are meeting up for the first time after two years of chatting... Continue Reading →

Review: Charlie & Stan (Touring)

Tuesday 14th February 2023 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Charlie & Stan hoiks us back in time in style and substance to witness two giants of comedy meeting as youngsters. Set round and about a trip from Southampton to New York circa 1910, we see a very young Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. As yet... Continue Reading →

Review: All New Adventures of Peter Pan at York Theatre Royal

Tuesday 6th December 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ah, Peter Pan, how shall creatives adapt thee? Let us count the ways… In Paul Hendy’s take on J. M. Barrie’s well-known characters, we jump forward a generation and follow Wendy Darling’s spirited daughter, Elizabeth, who is positively bursting with excitement at the very *idea* that... Continue Reading →

Interview: Director Gemma Fairlie Talks “Guy Fawkes”

October 2022 A world premiere arrives at York Theatre Royal this week (28 October-12 November 2022) in the shape of “Guy Fawkes” - a new comedy taking an unconventional look at the infamous York-born villain. Here, Director Gemma Fairlie, whose theatre credits include “Cressida” at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; “Cinderella” and “Jack & the... Continue Reading →

Review: Six The Musical (Touring)

Tuesday 11th October 2022 at the Grand Opera House, York ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s no secret that Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss have created a powerhouse super hit with Six, a show which has seen great success at home and abroad, has been decorated with various awards and is in possession of one of the loudest and... Continue Reading →

Review: The Mirror Crack’d (Touring)

Thursday 6th October 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d is one of the best whodunnits going if you ask me. This production - a new adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff - does a fantastic job of weaving and steadily unravelling threads without ever feeling contrived or letting too much slip too... Continue Reading →

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