Category: UK

Posted in Not-London Theatre UK

Review: peddling, HighTide

“If you don’t earn hard  the wheels on the bus might not go –  round and round……

Posted in Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Girl’s Guide to Saving the World, HighTide

“Do you think – deep down – that all men secretly hate women?” Elinor Cook was the…

Posted in Curve Theatre Musicals Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Hairspray, Curve

“’Cause just to sit still would be a sin” For the longest time, I resisted the charms…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Stiles + Drewe Theatre UK

Review: Betty Blue Eyes, Mercury Theatre

“Time that the whole town was stirred up” At a time when West End shows are closing…

Posted in Charles Dickens Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Tale of Two Cities, Royal & Derngate

“Repression is the only lasting philosophy” Although not intentionally, this year I’ve been racing through the list…

Posted in Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: Orlando, Royal Exchange

“Their morals were not ours” Time for a confession – though I know I should have, I’ve…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Not-London Theatre UK

Review: A Number, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“Are you my father?” After the Menier’s version which starred Timothy and Sam West, the Nuffield uses…

Posted in Not-London Patrick Hamilton Theatre UK

Review: Gaslight, Salisbury Playhouse

“Every night, I find myself waiting for something”  Fans of overwrought cod-Victorian melodrama are definitely in for…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Derby Theatre Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Odyssey, Derby Theatre

“Where shall we start?” Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey is a cornerstone of Western literature and so…