In 1988 the BBC released the first six short Talking Heads monologue plays written by Alan Bennett. After their first…
High school pals Sparky, Jinx, Smudge, and Francis are a talented “guy group” who call themselves ‘The Plaids’, and love…
Established in 2015 by Artistic Director Shaun Chambers and Tom Platt, the Northern Comedy Theatre have been gradually expanding their…
This continues the offerings from the “The Shows Must Go On” YouTube channel that has been showing productions throughout lockdown.…
Mozart’s The Magic Flute is a wonderful tale of princes, giant serpents, mysterious temples and birdcatchers. An enchanting damsel in…
Andrea Levy’s Small Island is one of those novels which drags you in and doesn’t let you go and Helen…
The American actor, singer and songwriter Ben Platt began his career as a child, performing in musicals such as The…
This revival of a 1913 play was written at the time of the Suffragette Movement, which writer St John Ervine…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies and is widely performed worldwide, with one of its…
Rereading my June 2019 review of The Hired Man, my heart sank when I saw that I’d written: “For reasons…