Yorkshire & Humber

Sh*t Life Crisis – Polar Bear Music Club

“We won’t ask you to get up and sing into a microphone” - these words printed under the What to…

1 year ago

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) – Leeds Grand Theatre

I have to confess I’ve always found Regency novels like Pride & Prejudice excruciatingly boring but this tongue in cheek…

1 year ago

& Juliet – Sheffield Lyceum

& Juliet storms the Sheffield Lyceum this May, with the west-end blockbuster reframing the classic romantic tragedy to great effect.…

1 year ago

Boys From the Blackstuff – Leeds Grand

‘Gizza a job. Go on, gizza job. I can do that.’ That desolate plea for help from a broken Yosser…

1 year ago

Cruel Intentions The ‘90s Musical – Hull New Theatre

Although an avid movie-goer, the 1999 cinema release of Cruel Intentions, passed me by, so when the musical of the…

1 year ago

Cruel Intentions The ‘90s Musical – Leeds Grand

Christopher Hampton’s gloriously camp screenplay for Dangerous Liaisons featuring two bored French aristocrats playing twisted sexual games proved to be…

1 year ago

To Have and To Hold – Hull Truck Theatre

The stars shone brightly over the city of Hull on Wednesday evening, but none shone brighter than those gracing the…

1 year ago

Into the Woods – University of Sheffield Drama Studio

Sondheim’s 1987 Broadway classic reinvented Grimm tales, and whilst this production from the Sheffield University Performing Arts Society needed not…

1 year ago

Bat Out of Hell – Sheffield Lyceum

Book, Music & Lyrics by Jim Steinman, this rock spectacular crowd pleaser directed by Jay Scheib, roars into the Sheffield…

1 year ago

An Inspector Calls – Bradford Alhambra

Only yards away from this historic theatre is a statue of local boy made good J B Priestley so it’s…

1 year ago