Ben Stewart reviews the Theatre Group’s production of New Labour at Stage@Leeds!
Review: Brenda’s Got a Baby
Brenda’s Got a Baby is a spectacular piece of theatre, exploring how class dynamics play out in a working class community and at a Russell Group university.
Review: LUU Theatre Group’s Proof
“When people have asked me what this show is about, my immediate reaction is ‘Maths!” but Proof isn’t really about maths” Beth Wilson eloquently puts it in her director’s notes on the programme. Family, trust, […]
Passionate and Political: ‘New Nigerians’ Comes to Leeds
For one night only Oladipo Agboluaje’s political satire of Nigerian politics came to Leeds and the theatre filled predominantly with students ready for an evening of humour. Although advertised as a comedy it is fair […]
Review: The Waiting Room – Stage @ Leeds
“We are all actors. Everybody lies.” As I fumbled my way through the various set pieces occupying Stage@Leeds last weekend, I was repeatedly reminded of this truism. For in The Waiting Room, a final year […]
Review: The Structural Integrity of a Peach – Life, love and angst
Piecing together short snapshots of intertwined lives, The Structural Integrity of a Peach is an ambitious attempt to unravel the anxieties of love life and death. And it is not all together successful. The play […]
Review: The Mayor Of Everywhere – Witty, ambitious, and genuinely surprising
A new world was created in Stage@Leeds late last month as Big Egg Theatre presented their latest production, The Mayor of Everywhere. This young cast’s witty, classic and genuinely surprising piece is a delight to […]
Leeds University campus burglar jailed
Mark Devine, 40, who stole thousands of pounds’ worth of items belonging to members of a dance class after breaking into changing rooms at Leeds University, has pleaded guilty to offences of burglary. He initially […]
After the End has the apocalypse scheduled for 12 o’clock this Tuesday
If you knew when the exact moment the world was going to end, what would you do? This is a question I was left pondering after Tuesday evening’s showing of “After the End,” a student […]
‘After the End’ Press Release
Image: Camila Castaneda The apocalypse was scheduled for Tuesday at precisely 12 noon, but when the clock finally struck the end did not come. Frances and Zelda hooked up after an office flirtation and were ready […]
Open Theatre’s Metamorphosis
Open Theatre Society made the most of the title and central theme of their latest production. Metamorphosis is a play by Steven Berkoff based on the novella of the same name by Franz Kafka. It […]
Blue Remembered Hills may have a childish premise, but this production is more than accomplished
When describing the premise of Blue Remembered Hills to anyone that hasn’t seen the play you run the risk of it sounding like the kind of dramatic piece an over-pretentious sixteen-year-old may come up for […]