Thursday, January 2, 2020
With years of experience presenting shows at Buxton Opera House, writer and director Philip Dart knows what Buxton audiences want and he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AM[SHARE]This Qdos production of Peter Pan manages to intertwine all the elements of modern pantomime with a surprisingly dramatic and colourful telling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 24, 2019
After several successful years of rock'n'roll pantomimes at the Gatehouse, new production company Prime Pantomimes rings the changes with a return to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:40AM[SHARE]There are no real weaknesses to the Prince of Wales Theatre's Cinderella, all the leading players demonstrate fine singing voices and acting.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
This is the best pantomime to be staged at the Pomegranate in many years. It's a high quality show blessed with a fine
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
The Lichfield Garrick's pantomime alternative is a fantastic, pun-laden affair that hits the all the right comic spots. Under Sean Turner's crisp
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2019
In this entertaining production, Cinderella sets off to the ball in a beautiful horse-drawn carriage that actually flies through the air. This,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 9, 2019
This is the first time in its 29-year history that Stafford Borough Council's annual Shakespeare festival has featured The Merchant of Venice.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:19AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 2, 2019
The X Factor discovery and West End star Rhydian Roberts has a fine singing voice. It's just as shame that he's so
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 27, 2018
The Garrick's panto might not be the most innovative around but it boasts high production values and a fine pair of comic performances.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AM[SHARE]In terms of monetary outlay, it's fair to say that PMA Productions is at the other end of the scale to big
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AM[SHARE]Friday, December 21, 2018
New Old Friends has a growing reputation for producing comedy murder mysteries to die for and Crimes of the Christmas Pudding can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Local hero Jonathan Wilkes can do little wrong in his hometown theatre. He’s been performing panto here for the past 13 years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 13, 2018
The rock and roll panto format as become a seasonal fixture at the Stafford Gatehouse. This year's offering is as pop-tastic as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Buxton Opera House's pantomime may be low on big name stars and special effects but it's high in on humour and full
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:59PM[SHARE]Friday, July 6, 2018
This year's Stafford Festival Shakespeare production provides a breathtaking insight into the Scottish medieval world. Designer Simon Kenny's castle ruins blend brilliantly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 21, 2018
The sturdy star of this time-travelling drama gives a wooden performance. Tanya Ronder's 2013 play Table centres on the eponymous piece of furniture.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:51PM[SHARE]Friday, April 20, 2018
Any preconceptions that this might simply be a tired rehash of an all-too-familiar play are quickly dispelled the moment our cast of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:31AM[SHARE]Monday, January 1, 2018
This success of this Snow White owes much to the creative talents of George Critchley who not only directs but produces it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Back for a second year as the Lyceum's hilarious panto bill-toppers, Cannon and Ball quickly get the audience on side. Theirs may
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 23, 2017
This Qdos production of Aladdin is the Regent's best panto for years. It oozes quality and with local hero Jonathan Wilkes in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The rock 'n' roll panto format has served the Stafford Gatehouse well for several years now. This year it delivers the goods
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AM[SHARE]Friday, December 15, 2017
Johnathan Tweedie is a brilliant baddie. His Maleficent is magnificent. His delivery is faultless, his singing voice fine and his performance a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2017
The creative team behind last year's hugely entertaining Sleeping Beauty return to the Lichfield Garrick with a production of a similarly high
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 6, 2017
With his razor-sharp ad-libs and genuinely amusing persona, James Percy is the star of this generally pleasing pantomime. He steals the show.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PM[SHARE]Friday, September 22, 2017
The Ashington Group, a real-life art collective made up of hardened Northumbrian coalminers, achieved a great deal in its relatively short existence.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:31PM[SHARE]Friday, June 23, 2017
Now in its 27th year and long established as one of Europe's leading Shakespeare productions, Stafford Gatehouse's annual tribute to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AM[SHARE]Monday, June 5, 2017
It's fitting that 150 years after the birth of Stoke-on-Trent's most famous literary son, Arnold Bennett should have his classic novel Anna
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM[SHARE]Friday, May 5, 2017
Hitchcock's classic 1954 murder mystery, Dial M for Murder began life as a BBC television play, that was also performed on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM[SHARE]Friday, April 28, 2017
Shrewsbury's Theatre Severn has taken the brave step of mounting its first in-house production. It has temporarily converted the intimate Walker studio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Deborah McAndrew's lively reworking of Edmond Rostand's romantic tragi-comedy Cyrano de Bergerac is a largely satisfying affair. The standard of acting is
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