SMS have delivered another beautifully crafted production with Beauty and the Beast. Popularised by Disney in the early 1990s, it is difficult for a new production to compete with the well-known film our generation has […]
Theatre | Jekyll and Hyde – Music Theatre Society's brilliant production
Exquisite singing, gorgeous costumes and atmospheric lighting all made for a very impressive performance by the cast and crew of Music Theatre’s Jekyll and Hyde. Even upon entering the Riley Smith Hall, we were met […]
Theatre | Paper Birds – Leeds graduates explore what it means to be a woman
photo: Paper Birds Leeds University graduates, The Paper Birds, celebrate their tenth anniversary as a theatre company by exploring the passage of time in the lives of different women, in their production of On the […]
Theatre | 1984 – Great production, but only for book readers
photo: West Yorkshire Playhouse Big Brother. Room 101. The images and concepts established by George Orwell in his dystopian novel, 1984, have entered popular culture and become so incorporated into our everyday lives that it’s […]
Theatre | Titus Andronicus – Flawlessly horrific
photo: Theatre Group Titus Andronicus is an ambitious project. In an early attempt of Shakespeare’s to replicate the revenge tragedies popular at the time, the eponymous Roman general engages in bloody battle with Tamora Queen […]
Theatre Group | A Chorus of Disapproval – The perfect remedy for November blues
image: Theatre Group There’s nothing quite like a farce to lift your spirits on a damp, miserable November evening, so TG’s adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s play could not have come at a better time. In […]
Open Theatre | The Aleph – A well assembled production
photo: Anna Turzynski 3/5 Stars Open Theatre’s production of ‘The Aleph’ stages a strange tale of mystery and espionage whilst exploring the morality of a group of people as their situation becomes more desperate. It is […]
Theatre Group | A Chorus of Disapproval – Flashes of brilliance
image: Theatre Group 3/5 Stars In Alan Ayckbourn’s quirky comedy A Chorus of Disapproval, young widower Guy Jones finds himself thrown into the clash of dramatic arts and sexual politics as he joins a local […]
Music Theatre Society | Oh! What a Lovely War – an exceptional production
photo: LUU Music Theatre Society The dramatic, haunting opening of the Music Theatre Society’s version of Oh! What a Lovely War is not representative of the rest of the musical’s lively tone but it does […]
Theatre Group | Vinegar Tom – Caryl Churchill's '70's play about 17th century witch hunts is still relevant
photo: Jess Macdonald It is symptomatic of the world we live in that a 1970s radical feminist play, set during the craze of witch trials in 17th century England, can be made to feel so […]
Theatre | Footloose – Let's Hear it for the Boy
photo: LAOS 4/5 Stars The first thing that strikes you about this show is its sheer relentless energy. The cast are dancing almost constantly from start to finish and the most energetic actor of all […]
Theatre | People – Alan Bennett in old age
photo: Catherine Ashmore 4/5 Stars There is a little something of both Miss Havisham and Big Edie in Dorothy Stacpoole, the aged heiress to a decaying Yorkshire country house which she has ‘taken for granted’ […]