Category: UK

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 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…

Posted in Jonathan Harvey LGBTQ+ Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: Beautiful Thing, Royal Exchange

“God, coz I bunk off games does it mean I’m gay?” Jonathan Harvey’s 1993 play Beautiful Thing…

Posted in Not-London Propeller Shakespeare Theatre UK Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Review: Henry V, Propeller at Yvonne Arnaud

“May I with right and conscience make this claim” After the phenomenal success of their pairing of…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Musicals Not-London Stephen Sondheim Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2011 UK

Review: Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre

“No denying times is hard sir, even harder than the worst pies in London” This may surprise…