…escaping to new adventures at curtain up…
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 23rd November 2018 at Leeds Playhouse (Pop Up Theatre). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Adapting something so extraordinarily brilliant as this Charles Dickens masterpiece is surely a tough gig. A Christmas Carol is so rich with insight and detail that to do it justice in a stage adaptation is to ask an awful lot of the adaptor. Deborah... Continue Reading →
Saturday 13th October 2018 at the First Direct Arena, Leeds. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Whoopi Goldberg remains as charismatic as ever. She’s a real force on stage and in watching her deliver her latest stand-up show, it’s easy to see that she is just as fearless and straight-talking as she was in her famous New York shows. In... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 9th October 2018 at the Grand Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another film lands on stage with Dirty Dancing, and this show is more of a replica than any of the others I’ve seen. That’s not necessarily a bad thing either - fans of the hit film are likely to enjoy being able to follow... Continue Reading →
Thursday 4th October 2018 at Leeds Playhouse (Pop Up). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blackthorn is a new work from Charley Miles exploring familiar territory which seems to be a growing focal point for contemporary writers: the way life choices can cause rifts between people so similar at the beginning of the tale. Those born in the same place... Continue Reading →
Saturday 29th September 2018 at The Grand Theatre and Opera House, York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Le Navet Bete’s Dracula the Bloody Truth is stupendously and proudly ridiculous. An homage to everything silly and a celebration of everything remotely farcical about melodramatic nineteenth century thrillers, its a non-stop display of fast-paced fun. Although it sells itself as a... Continue Reading →
Friday 28th September 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tutti Frutti Productions are offering up something quite unique in contemporary Children’s Theatre at the moment. Mike Kenny’s adaptation of the Snow Queen takes to the stage as a lovely combination of a classic child-friendly tale of bouncy adventure, family and friendship and something quite dark... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 25th September 2018 at Harrogate Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ As far as modernising Shakespeare goes, this production is pretty top notch. Why? Because it feels fresh and authentic, with modernisation taking shape in costume, set and some subtle behaviours as opposed to being shoe-horned into the script in obtuse ways. Many a production falls into that... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 18th September 2018 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a world like ours and in times like these, we all need a little Priestley. To be a little more specific, we need a good dose of straight-talking from Priestley’s eponymous hero of An Inspector Calls. This is a play in two parts: part riveting,... Continue Reading →
