South East - British Theatre Guide
Collapsing Theatres. 19 July 2024. For a few days last year, the plight of theatres blighted by RAAC made headline news. The story may have gone away, but the problem hasn't. The latest news, features and reviews from theatre, opera and dance in Chichester, Guildford, Newbury throughout the south east of England outside London.
Theatre review: Stones in His Pockets at Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Matthew McElhinney’s glossy revival of Marie Jones’s Stones in His Pockets, first seen last year at Cirencester’s Barn Theatre, marked the Tony-nominated, Olivier award-winning play’s 25th anniversary.It returns home to Belfast’s Lyric Theatre with a splash of celebrity cameos adding glamorous (albeit glancing) endorsements for Jones’s most successful play.
Theatre review: Frankenstein at Exeter Northcott Theatre
As the rough, naked wood hut walls pull back to reveal an early 20 th century laboratory, complete with specimen cabinets and dominated by a huge arched window over the centre of the stage, the story Frankenstein starts to tell to the stranger is played out before us. The first half of the evening is somewhat disorientating and certainly slow.
Much Ado About Nothing - British Theatre Guide
Sean Holmes's new production of Much Ado for the Globe (only two years after Lucy Bailey’s) is set in an olive grove outside the house of Leonato, the Governor of Messina, and Grace Smart has espaliered orange trees across the theatre’s scena, spread colour around the stage with overflowing baskets of oranges and blue-painted iron balconies, encircling its pillars in …
Here You Come Again—The New Dolly Parton Musical - British …
Theatre review of Here You Come Again—The New Dolly Parton Musical (Bruce Vilanch and Gabriel Barre, adapted for the UK by Jonathan Harvey) from Simon Friend Entertainment and Leeds Playhouse at Theatre Royal Newcastle-Upon -Tyne - reviewer: Anna Ambelez
South West - British Theatre Guide
Oct 11, 2024 · Collapsing Theatres. 19 July 2024. For a few days last year, the plight of theatres blighted by RAAC made headline news. The story may have gone away, but the problem hasn't. The latest news, features and reviews from theatre, opera and dance in Bristol, Cornwall, Bath, Devon and throughout the south west of England.
Theatre review: Murdered to Death at Theatre Royal, Nottingham
That's what happens in Peter Gordon's deliciously wicked spoof Murdered to Death. This sideways send-up of the Agatha Christie-type whodunit is the second of four offerings in this year's Classic Thriller Season at the Theatre Royal - the 23rd year that Colin McIntyre's company has treated Nottingham to a series of suspense, shock and suspicion.
Something About George – The George Harrison Story
Author (s): Jon Fellowes Company: Jon Fellowes, Gary Edward Jones and Bill Elms. A new music show highlighting the talent of the late Beatle George Harrison is set to embark on tour dates across the UK after being premièred in Liverpool. Featuring songs like "My Sweet Lord", "Something" and "Handle With Care", Something About George showcases ...
Theatre review: Aladdin at The Met, Bury - British Theatre Guide
While it is a touch long, particularly with so many young children in the audience, there is plenty of comedy, music and audience participation and it looks terrific. This is clearly a company that loves the panto form, and this comes across on stage. Reviewer: David Chadderton. Theatre review of Aladdin (Ben Richards) from The Big Tiny at The ...
From England with Love - British Theatre Guide
This time, they are immersed in sounds of the rainforest, tentative and disturbed by nature—a nice comment on people as a conditioned, urban species, divorced from native environments. From England with Love is a moving piece of theatre in which themes of societal conditioning, fierce competition and fragile aspiration run deep, made even ...