Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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 07:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2020
When 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 12:38PM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2020
Comedy 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 12:44PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2019
Theatr 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 10:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2019
With 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 09:46AM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2019
Originally 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 09:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 3, 2019
With 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 05:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 28, 2019
Writers 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 09:57AM[SHARE]Friday, October 4, 2019
Emily 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 12:44PM[SHARE]Friday, September 6, 2019
When 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 10:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Before 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 07:05AM[SHARE]Monday, December 24, 2018
The 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 09:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 19, 2018
The 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 10:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 13, 2018
Say 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 07:50AM[SHARE]Monday, December 3, 2018
Theatr 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 04:10AM[SHARE]Friday, November 30, 2018
Writers 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 08:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 21, 2018
This 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 04:52PM[SHARE]Friday, October 5, 2018
Following 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 11:43AM[SHARE]Monday, August 20, 2018
Lloyd 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 06:10AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 21, 2018
The 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 09:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Chiaroscuro 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 06:09PM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2018
Both 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 09:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2018
Gerry 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 05:43AM[SHARE]Friday, June 1, 2018
Nigel 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 07:53AM[SHARE]Friday, April 27, 2018
Rob 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 09:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 19, 2018
Nick 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 11:43AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Bryony 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 08:06AM[SHARE]Monday, January 15, 2018
In 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 10:22AM[SHARE]Friday, December 22, 2017
This 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 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 21, 2017
Qdos 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 08:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Iain 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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