Jonathan Harvey has extraordinary skill in writing sensitive, witty dialogue. Our Lady of Blundellsands is an outstanding example of his ability to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMWhen a classic text is translated into a different time and place, the results can often feel contrived. Sometimes one comes along
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMComedy is a serious business and Nikolai Erdman’s 1928 farce The Suicide takes it very seriously indeed. In her new version of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMTheatr Clwyd promised an immersive experience with this adaptation of A Christmas Carol and it certainly delivers, with a clear concise telling of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMWith this year’s production of Peter Pan, Chester’s Storyhouse has created one of its best seasonal shows to date. Gary Owen’s adaptation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AMOriginally produced on Broadway as Here’s Love, Meredith Willson’s musical adaptation of the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street is steeped in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AMWith its multi-instrumentalist cast and musical direction from Tayo Akinbode, Theatr Clwyd’s Jack and the Beanstalk is a panto that properly rocks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMWriters Sarah A Nixon and Mark Chatterton (who also directs) strike the perfect balance of storytelling and seasonal lunacy in their new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMEmily White’s assured debut play Pavilion depicts the community of a run-down Victorian spa town somewhere in Wales, where everything is closing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMWhen Luke Barnes was asked to create a piece for the National Youth Theatre, he wanted to make it in the North
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMBefore the show begins the cast chats with the audience – some in English, others in Polish, ensuring that there isn’t a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMThe Epstein Theatre panto doesn’t need celebrities on the poster to sell itself – the familiar faces of Michael Chapman, Lewis Pryor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMThe dancing is one of the strongest elements of this handsomely designed production of Jack and the Beanstalk. No surprise given that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AMSay Spymonkey and all thoughts of a traditional telling of A Christmas Carol can be forgotten. Their retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMTheatr Clwyd maintains its consistently high panto standards with this year’s rock’n’roll show, Dick Whittington. Christian Patterson’s script manages to remain incredibly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:10AMWriters Sarah A Nixon and Mark Chatterton very sensibly haven’t tinkered with their tried and trusted Rock’n’Roll Panto formula for the Everyman’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMThis isn’t the first time the 18th century folk song Maggie May has been used as the basis for a musical –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:52PMFollowing the success of Twopence to Cross the Mersey, based on Helen Forrester’s popular Merseyside memoir, Rob Fennah’s new adaptation, By the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMLloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s new musical Closets opens up an important discussion with great charm and sensitivity. It’s 1988 and 16
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMThe Big I Am is not an adaptation of Peer Gynt. Rather, it’s a reimagining of Ibsen’s play in which Robert Farquhar
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMChiaroscuro lighting and distressed surfaces set the tone in Geraldine Alexander’s production of The Crucible. It’s an atmospheric staging, wit the set
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09PMBoth writer Bryony Lavery and director Katie Posner have consciously chosen to keep this adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons rooted
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:28AMGerry Linford’s The Miracle of Great Homer Street was runner-up in last year’s Hope Playwriting Prize and Les Dennis was sitting on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMNigel Slater’s autobiographical novel Toast is steeped in the aromas of home baking and burnt toast, and his genial writing style is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMRob Fennah’s new comedy Lennon’s Banjo, like most of its protagonists, gets commercial mileage out of the Beatles bandwagon. Taking the legend
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMNick Bagnall’s new production for the Everyman is astonishingly the first professional outing for Anthony Burgess’ 1980s stage adaptation of A Clockwork
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMBryony Kimmings has never been shy of tackling a taboo subject. But in A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMIn the best rock ’n’ roll panto tradition, Peter Rowe’s version of Sleeping Beauty weaves together several convoluted storylines. It manages to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMThis Peter Pan is capable of converting the worst panto-phobe. Scriptwriter Julian Lane and director Andrew Margerison have almost completely separated storytelling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMQdos has thrown everything at its Liverpool production, including a talented cast, sumptuous sets, dazzling costumes and even a flying horse. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:38AMIain Lauchlan and Sam Kane’s great script for this Cinderella follows the Charles Perrault version of Cinderella pretty faithfully, while squeezing in
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