15 stories by "Connie Stride"
Happily Ever After is a simple show, with a simple message: love is love. Action Transport Theatre creates an amazing piece of theatre for children, inspired by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijla…
To sum this play up in one word is easy: it was dull. Mind-numbingly so. While the writing in Beau Brummell: An Elegant Madness is both clever and funny, and is a credit to playwright Ron Hu…
Holding the Man, a play by Tommy Murphy, adapted from Timothy Conigrave's memoir, is one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever had the pleasure to behold on stage. Big Boots Theatre…
"Last week he was here and now he's just not." Catch Me, a new musical, encapsulates both brilliantly and tragically, the shattering effect suicide can have on those left behind. Created by …
Given the election's outcome, this is perhaps the most difficult review I've ever had to write. Trumpageddon, written and performed by Simon Jay, is intended as political satire. Little did …
Frontier Theatre Productions, founded by James Roose-Evans, is a theatre company that creates theatre for the older generation, otherwise known as the Third Age. The theatre they make is inc…
WorkSHOPERA has a unique brand of theatre that has the potential to both deconstruct and revitalise the world of opera and theatre. However, despite the vibrancy of this new and exciting for…
Isango Ensemble's stage adaptation of Jonny Steinberg's novel A Man of Good Hope is a goose-bump inducing production that portrays brilliantly the true story of Somalian refugee, Asad Abdull…
Neil Koenigsberg's Off the King’s Road is both a comic and poignant piece of theatre, which effortlessly captures what it is like to be lonely. Matt Browne (Michael Brandon), a recentl…
Christie in Love, about serial killer John Christie, proved an interesting watch. Performed from the vantage point of the police, Christie in Love depicts some very human reactions …
Wardobe Ensemble's 1972: The Future of Sex is one of the most relatable pieces of theatre I have seen in a long time, its messages of sex, empowerment and gender identity transcending era…
Sublime in every way, The Man in the Woman's Shoes is both hilarious and deeply moving with the most simple of story lines. Talent such as Mikel Murfi's is rare to find " someone who c…
Brilliant yet highly traumatic, Balloon Theatre's The Rules of Inflation is a fantastically immersive piece of theatre that unnerved me nearly to the point of tears. Set out as a children's …
Part of the Sprint Festival 2016, Don't Turn the Lights On is a devised piece on teenager Alex's struggle with gender identity. Its topical subject matter, was dealt with both sensitively an…
To say this play falls short of its expectations is an understatement. Reminiscent of a performance in a GCSE drama class, The Ghost Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore was repetitive, two ho…
