Category: Not-London

Posted in Broadway Clarence Derwent Awards Theatre Theatre awards

The 2011 Clarence Derwent Awards

UK – Best male in a supporting role William Gaunt as Worcester and Shallow in Henry IV,…

Posted in Manchester Theatre Awards Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK

The 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards winners in full

Best Production: The Price, directed by David Thacker for Bolton Octagon Best Actor: Con O’Neill, A View…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2012 UK

Review: Swallows and Amazons, Chichester Festival Theatre

“Better drowned than duffers” Originally a big success for the Bristol Old Vic last Christmas, Swallows and…

Posted in Manchester Theatre Awards Not-London Theatre Theatre awards UK Vivienne Franzmann

The 2011 Manchester Theatre Awards nominations

OPERA Albert Herring, Royal Northern College of Music Gianni Schicchi, English Touring Opera, Buxton Opera House Lucia…

Posted in Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Heart of Robin Hood, Royal Shakespeare Theatre

“A forest is owned by no man” I don’t have any memory of booking The Heart of…

Posted in Almeida Theatre August Strindberg Barbican Theatre Federico García Lorca fosterIANs Gilbert and Sullivan Ivor Novello John Webster Martin Crimp Musicals Not-London Old Vic Theatre Union Theatre West End

Shows I am looking forward to in 2012

Though the temptation is strong, and the actuality may well prove so, I don’t think I will…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Sheffield Theatres Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: Company, Sheffield Crucible

“You ever wish you didn’t get married?” This trip up to Sheffield to see Company at the…

Posted in Dance Donmar Warehouse Lyric Hammersmith Mike Bartlett Musicals Opera Propeller RSC Shakespeare Shakespeare's Globe Sheffield Theatres Theatre Theatre awards UK UK Theatre Awards

Full list of 2011 UK Theatre Awards winners

Best Performance in a Play Derek Jacobi for KING LEAR: A Donmar Warehouse production at the Grand…

Posted in Dance Not-London UK

Review: The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Birmingham Hippodrome

Just a quickie, as I don’t really do much dance alongside my theatre-going and so I often…