If I was a fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge before, now I’m truly obsessed. The National Theatre’s production of her extraordinary one-woman show Fleabag, which she wrote and performed, is every bit as thrillingly dark, witty […]
The Seyi Omooba Debate: Do Religious Beliefs Excuse Homophobic Behaviour?
In March 2019, Seyi Omooba was cast in the part of Celie, the leading role in the upcoming production of The Color Purple at the Curve Theatre, Leicester– a show based off a 1982 novel […]
‘High School Musical- The Musical’ A Reboot Almost as Confusing as Inception?
Arts & Culture Editor Emily Parry questions if we really need a reboot of High School Musical?
What’s on at the Leeds Playhouse?
Lucy Woodhouse looks at what’s on at the Leeds Playhouse this autumn.
Cats Trailer: Triumph or Tragedy?
As part of a new wave of live-action remakes of cinema and on-stage classics, Cats the movie is the next CGI production to hit the big screen. A musical theatre triumph composed by Andrew Lloyd […]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Dazzles at Leeds Grand Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s late 60s musical, based on the biblical story of Joseph and his ‘coat of many colours’, took to Leeds Grand Theatre on Tuesday.
‘Hilariously Macabre Yet Beautifully Performed’ – Music Theatre’s The Addams Family
To say Music Theatre’s production of The Addams Family ‘sprang into life’ from its first moments would be a disservice to the hilariously macabre yet beautifully performed show the society put on. From the instant […]
Jargon: An Exciting Piece Of New Writing
Jargon by Open Theatre is a hilarious piece of new writing by Kieran Bose Rosling, showing this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the Banham Theatre. Rosling’s experience as a medical student brought this play to […]
Review: Junk’s ‘The Mayfair’
On April 30th and May 1st, student theatre group ‘Junk’ presented ‘The Mayfair’ by writing for performance and publication student George Manson. The play opens on a note of slow ambience at an empty bar, […]
Review: Around the World in 80 Days at Leeds Playhouse
Around the World in 80 Daysis showing at the Leeds Playhouse Pop Up Theatre, until the 28th April. As well as offering a thoroughly entertaining rendition of an old classic, whilst maintaining an impressive resemblance […]
Kinky Boots At The Leeds Grand Is A Glittering Success
There isn’t a more suited place in Leeds than the Grand Theatre to host the performance which refuses to announce itself quietly: Kinky Boots. The spectacular show arrived in the city on Tuesday 9th April […]
Brazen, Brash and Unmistakably British: ‘The Full Monty’ is the ‘Magic Mike’ of the North
Despite its racy premise (unemployed Sheffield steel workers turning to stripping as a means of making fast cash), Simon Beaufoy’s production of ‘The Full Monty’ was surprisingly heart-warming and thoroughly enjoyable.