Review: How To Be Happy
One would imagine that a man who wrote a book entitled How To Be Happy would be a guru of finding joy amongst life's anxious moments. But Paul is in the same miserable state as the rest o…
One would imagine that a man who wrote a book entitled How To Be Happy would be a guru of finding joy amongst life's anxious moments. But Paul is in the same miserable state as the rest o…
The story of The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit, sees three children move to Yorkshire following the mysterious calling away of their father. They live in a cottage on the moors with their w…
On entering the Royal Vauxhall Tavern you become aware of four figures with white faces and dark eyes, not dissimilar to early expressionist films, conjuring up images of Tim Burton films an…
On the dark steps of Canterbury Cathedral, Thomas Becket was murdered by four knights apparently under instruction from Henry II. The men were left without praise or explanation, and history…
Even before stepping into the theatre, a band of polka-dotted, hair-gelled, twisting singers and dancers performed on the street, setting the mood for this jukebox play… and they were tick…
"They're not Russian, they don't fly and they're not brothers," is the marketing tagline of this kilted group, but one thing they definitely can claim to be is the most unexpectedly talented…
The Pitmen Painters is Lee Hall's stage adaptation of a book by William Feaver, following the Ashington Group of miners who in the 1930s took an Art Appreciation class and became some of the…
Written by Frank Wedekind in Victorian Germany, Spring Awakening is the story of Wendla and Melchior, young teenagers on an emotional and sexual journey in a society oppressed by religion an…
The Brontës are arguably the most well known family of authors; Jane Eyre is proposed to be the most read book in the English language, second only to the Bible. Polly Teale asks, and end…
It is not often you are given the privilege of seeing a show that has only been staged three times, but the New Actors Company treats its audience to a little-known gem by J.B.Priestley, pub…
To Kill a Mockingbird is a publishing phenomenon, having sold more than 30 million copies, been translated into 32 languages, adapted into a 1962 film, and in 1970 developed for the stage. H…