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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Beryl, West Yorkshire Playhouse by Steve Clarkson

Wife. Mother. Yorkshirewoman. Cyclist. Legend. Beryl Burton was perhaps the greatest sportswoman this country has ever produced, and we ought to be ashamed of the fact that many of us will h…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:38AM
Monday, May 19, 2014

Blithe Spirit, York Theatre Royal by Steve Clarkson

Some people say that, in the age of theatrical consultants, narrative deconstruction, and the so-called "multimedia performance", conventional theatre no longer cuts the mustard. But there a…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:19AM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Under Milk Wood, York Theatre Royal by Steve Clarkson

A spiralling stage, horned with two raised prongs. A circular display, mounted on the back wall, which presents the buildings and coastline of a seaside town from a bird’s eye view. Subtle…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:47AM
Friday, February 21, 2014

Brassed Off, York Theatre Royal by Steve Clarkson

It takes a particularly hard heart to fail to be moved by the sheer scale of community fragmentation around the time of the Miners' Strike – for many, the single most devastating period in…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:08AM
Saturday, December 21, 2013

Aladdin and the Twankeys, York Theatre Royal by Steve Clarkson

The best bit is the Wagon Wheels. Frisbeed, they are, towards the audience's outstretched arms and expectant faces, with the precision of a man who's been doing it for the past 35 years, wit…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:28PM
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Blood + Chocolate, York Theatre Royal by Steve Clarkson

Never before has “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players” been a more fitting opening gambit. This sprawling wartime spectacle knew few bounds as it marched …

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:33PM
Sunday, October 14, 2012

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, West Yorkshire Playhouse by Steve Clarkson

It’s not easy bringing the Mississippi delta to Leeds city centre – yet here its hanging moss and tea-coloured waters fill out every inch of the expansive Quarry stage. Indeed, all that�…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:15PM
Monday, August 13, 2012

The York Mystery Plays, Museum Gardens, York by Steve Clarkson

Is it the greatest story ever told, or the most indulgent nativity ever staged? The return of the York Mystery Plays – this summer’s blue-ribbon theatrical spectacular in the North – b…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:29AM
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