Mansfield Park
Rating **** Reviewed by Verity Wilde Theatre Royal, Northampton 28th October 2013 Mansfield Park is not my favourite of Jane Austen’s works and when I came to re-read it over the weekend I found it heavy going, but this adaptation (a touring production by the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds) is as light as air […]
Cinders
Guildford’s first professional adult panto has opened its box office… oh yes it has! Thursday 12th December – Saturday 21st December. 8pm The Back Room, The Star Inn, 2 Quarry Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3TY Guildford Fringe Theatre Company is over the moon to announce their first Christmas production kicking off with Cinders – the adult […]
The Cherry Orchard
Show name: The Cherry Orchard Theatre: Hampstead Parish Church Show website: http://Www.hampsteadplayers.org.uk Show dates: 26th – 30th November 2013 Show description: The Cherry Orchard was Chekhov’s last and greatest play, a wonderful mixture of comedy and pathos, in which lively movement alternates with quiet reflection. It us rooted in pre-Revolutionary Russia, but in its richly […]
Beauty Queen of Leenane
Rating *** Reviewed by Verity Wilde Curve Leicester, 22nd October 2013 Leicester Curve’s 5th birthday season continues with Martin McDonagh’s Beauty Queen of Leenane. Maureen Folan is a 40 year old virgin, stuck living with her demanding and manipulative mother, Mags, in the wilds of western Ireland. Maureen tries to grasp her last chance at […]
The beauty of theatre
One woman’s trash is another woman’s treasure (so the saying goes) and this applies to theatre as well. I was recently surprised to read a one star, scathing review of a show I had loved and awarded five stars to. And then the other night I found myself having a conversation with someone, raving about […]
Drunk
The McOnie Company Presents THE WORLD PREMIERE OF “DRUNK” A THEATRE DANCE REVUE DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY DREW MCONIE WITH MUSIC AND LYRICS BY GRANT OLDING PREMIERING AT CURVE THEATRE, LEICESTER PRIOR TO A LONDON RUN AT THE BRIDEWELL THEATRE FROM WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY TO SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2014 The McOnie Company is delighted to […]
The Butterfly Lion UK Tour
Bill Kenwright Presents The Mercury Theatre Colchester Production of War Horse Writer Michael Morpurgo’s Acclaimed The Butterfly Lion A new theatrical event for this Autumn around the UK Award-winning writer Michael Morpurgo’s inspiring tale of enduring friendship – The Butterfly Lion – will tour the UK this autumn in an enchanting new stage production. Starring […]
The Wind In The Willows
Festive fun with classic children’s tale this Christmas at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton 27 November – 5 January Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s story is brought lovingly to life at Royal & Derngate this Christmas. This charming tale of friendship and adventure for all the family takes to the Royal stage from Wednesday 27 […]
Swan Lake
FULL CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE NATIONAL TOUR AND SADLER’S WELLS 2013/2014 CHRISTMAS SEASON OF THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING MATTHEW BOURNE’S SWAN LAKE MUSIC BY TCHAIKOVSKY A NEW ADVENTURES PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY BROADWAY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN ASSOCIATION WITH NEW ADVENTURES Broadway Entertainment Group in association with New Adventures are delighted to announce full casting for one of […]
MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL
TALAWA ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES FOR MICHAEL BUFFONG’S NATIONAL THEATRE PRODUCTION OF MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL By Errol John UK TOUR FEBRUARY 2014 Talawa Theatre Company will restage Artistic Director Michael Buffong’s acclaimed National Theatre production of Errol John’s MOON ON A RAINBOW SHAWL for a UK Tour in 2014. The production will launch […]