Growing up, I never felt particularly proud to be from Hull. In fact, the absolute opposite. If enquiries were made about my origins, I’d launch into a frenzied, pattie buttie-wielding…
“We still need to get into position where you can go to the chemist, say you’re having a panic attack, ask if they mind you meditating for a bit and no one will bat an eyelid, ju…
Kiki’s Delivery Service is perhaps one of award winning Studio Ghibli’s most beloved films. Released in 1989 it was later dubbed in English and featured actress Kirsten Dunst in …
What many are likely expecting with the UK stage premiere of Dreamgirls is something vaguely similar to Bill Condon's 2006 film, starring Beyonce Knowles and an Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson…
As an army of minute children descend down the aisle towards a Christmas coated stage and form a freakish, yet excitable mosh pit, it can only mean one damn thing, The Snowman is back …
Theresa Ikoko is on a roll. She's taken a quick lunch break from her day job helping to reduce youth crime in London and we're having a natter about her play Girls, currently playin…
Could the hidden struggles of Britain's toilet attendants spark powerful change? A play inspired by a whole night in a nightclub's toilets, conjuring up the overwhelming scent of Britney and…
Who knew ballet would go down such a treat with a boisterous child? The little boy sitting in front of me flings his arms about gleefully with abandon. I'm reminded of myself during a very f…
It's impossible to escape the numb uncertainty that has screeched in our mostly, dumbfounded faces for the last month. Like a banshee that has devoured four bags of Skittles, the Brexit resu…
We’re so hell-bent on maintaining the idea of nature or nurture – an either-or that it has become ubiquitous in determining humanity’s actions. But what if it’s domin…
I don’t know what I did to deserve almost being set on fire but to see The Bodyguard‘s fully charged, pyrotechnic laden opening number thrown at the audience with such glorious f…
Based on the (teensy bit) popular 1992 Disney film and hugely successful Broadway show, Aladdin has finally arrived in the West-End. As one would expect from Disney, MEGA BUCKS have been thr…
At once energetic and breathtakingly self obsessed, Jesse Eisenberg’s protagonist, Ben never initially exudes malicious intent, however by the end of Act One, you are left wondering ho…
The classics really do have their mega-fans. Chuckles and guffaws are thrown at the stage like a downpour of die on a poker table and my neighbour looks fit to burst with delighted glee. Guy…
Deep in the groin of Waterloo station, the memories of many a grown-up come to life, but only threaten to be nostalgic. For me and many other twenty-odd (and perhaps younger) year-olds, R.L …
The earth shattering, appreciative and rather long applause that greets Glenn Close as she makes her entrance on to the Coliseum's stage may feel a little disruptive and 'lovey', but heck, I…
Of all of Roald Dahl's books, The Witches has got to be one of the scariest for a young child to even entertain. The idea of an adult woman hating children and wanting to hurt them deeply is…
There's been unanimous appreciation for People, Places and Things for quite some time now, and a collective agreement that seeing it on stage " with Denise Gough in the lead role " …
What a bloody pickle. You're having an affair with your best friend's wife, sneaking around hotel rooms, being all naughty and ringing in sick to work like you're part-time at Greggs againÂ…
Nearly 700 years have passed since the world first caught a glimpse at the cursed princess who sleeps for a century. The prose romance, written anonymously in French between 1330 and 1344 ta…
There's nothing with more Christmas pizzazz than the nostalgic images of carol singers, and ladies and gents dressed in their finery against the backdrop of the snow-layered, ancient streets…
I really cannot deal with hats but, hypothetically speaking, if someone stole mine I’d like to think I’d hunt them down to the ends of the earth and destroy them. I Want My Ha…
Lordy do I want to sit on the big guy’s lap and get a big sack of treats now. It’s only the beginning of November but watching Broadway’s latest export, Elf it may as…
Being informed that a show you’re about to see is unsuitable for under 13s may just be one of the worst things one could ever hear. I mean Signs was bloody horrific. But not I. O…
On a night out in Vauxhall some time ago, my pal tried to teach me some salsa. “Moi? Salsa? I couldn’t possibly!” The rhythm necessary unfortunately alludes me, but I have …