Jack Docherty has had a much longer, and varied, career than many may be aware of. Having started at the…
I once described a Wooster Group production to a prospective theatre date as a “massage for the brain”. She was…
Virginia Woolf’s poetic, genre-resistent novel The Waves might not feel like an obvious candidate for a theatrical adaptation, but Flora…
One of the predominant elements of John Le Carré’s novels concerning British Intelligence is bleakness. A mantle of washed-out grey…
Miss Saigon is an iconic love story set in the last days of the Vietnam War. 17-year-old Kim is forced…
Some musicals are classics and last forever, strong enough to weather changes in socials mood and time and attitudes. Other…
I had the privilege of watching the original West End run of Spamalot over 20 years ago, starring Tim Curry…
As part of an ambitious and exciting 2026 season, Manchester Musical Youth returned to Z-arts with a vibrant, heartfelt revival…
Powell and Pressburger’s classic movie The Red Shoes was about a ballerina forced to choose between love and art, so…
From the first minute the “curtain” rose on Here & Now at the Hull New Theatre on Tuesday evening, I…