Lear – Hope Mill Theatre

3 years ago

The opportunity to see any new interpretation of one of Shakespeare's 'biggies' is never one that this reviewer will pass…

The Pearl Fishers – Opera North at The Bridgewater Hall

3 years ago

Bizet’s first full length opera took six months from being commissioned to being performed in 1863 and whilst receiving a…

Yours Unfaithfully – Jermyn Street Theatre

3 years ago

The Mint Theatre Company of New York specialises in uncovering forgotten plays that deserve to be remembered.  In Unfaithfully Yours…

Grindr The Opera – Union Theatre

3 years ago

Grindr The Opera (An Unauthorised Parody), directed by the brilliant William Spencer and designed by the visionary David Shields, delivers…

Tony: The Tony Blair Rock Opera – Birmingham Rep

3 years ago

It’s not that long ago “Spitting Image” spat their saucy and sinister satire across the stage of the Birmingham Rep…

The Crucible – Gladstone Theatre

3 years ago

A bold, original attempt at this classic, which ascends to a powerful ending. The Crucible is one of the seminal…

Patriots – Noel Coward Theatre

3 years ago

It’s hard not to be struck by the ironic luxury of witnessing a West End play about Russian politics, as…

Bounce – The Lion and Unicorn Theatre

3 years ago

We begin at the beginning - so to speak - of a motivational seminar; the lights flash, the music booms…

Last Summer at Bluefish Cove – Lauriston Studio, Altrincham

3 years ago

For the final production in their season of LGBTQ+ plays in the Lauriston studio, Altrincham Garrick have produced a masterful…

Dirty Dancing – Leeds Grand Theatre

3 years ago

‘Bloody hell’. That was the involuntary cry from the dark as the ripped Michael O’Reilly playing roughneck dancer Johnny Castle…