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Hooked on theatre when a student usher at Theatre Calgary in her native Canada, Cheryl champions not only London's West End, but also regional venues. Splitting her time between London and Wiltshire, she knows she's lucky to pick up a number of shows given first runs at Theatre Royal Bath in the West Country. She's also supports work at Salisbury Playhouse. When not happily perched in the stalls, Cheryl does corporate writing as a jobbing journalist. Cheryl also writes flash fiction and short stories (some of which has been published) and is a member of Writers' HQ, Retreat West and The Society of Authors.

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First Show

A Chorus Line (London West End production)

Favorite Show

Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth. Mark Rylance at his best in a tragicomedy, state-of-the-nation classic.

Favorite Stories

BWW Review: CHARLIE AND STAN, Theatre Royal Bath - Rollicking, life-affirming silent movie-style production with a live piano score and hilarious physical comedy. I saw this during Covid when I really needed cheering up – and I was not disappointed. Charlie and Stan deserves another and wider run.
Review: JEEVES AND WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE, Salisbury Playhouse - Riotous, laugh-out-loud-funny farce based on PG Wodehouse's novel that scooped up an Olivier. Luckily, it returned to Salisbury Playhouse for a month after touring. A play-within-a play that breaks down the fourth wall, so the audience is in the know. Great physical comedy. I was particularly charmed by Luke Barton's OTT Bertie Wooster, and Patrick Warner's savvy Jeeves, as well as other roles he gamely took on, including newt lover Gussie Fink-Nottle. You had to be there.
Review: PHAEDRA/MINOTAUR, Theatre Royal Bath - Astonishing double bill by Deborah Warner, artistic director of Theatre Royal Bath's diminutive Ustinov Studio. First half was mezzo-soprano Christine Rice in an intimate performance of Phaedra. And in the second half, the most amazing moves from ballet dance Tommy Franzen, who's also an avid rock climber. Danish choreographer Kim Brandstrup came up with gravity-defying moves for Franzen on an indoor climbing wall. Something you don't see in ballet very often.
Review: DEAR ENGLAND, Prince Edward Theatre - I'm can't pretend to be a big football fan, but I loved James Graham's Dear England. This is the against-the-odds story of Gareth Southgate, unassuming manager of England's national team who takes his young team to great heights. The beautiful game is played out against a wider political and social backdrop. Fantastic set, staging, direction and ensemble acting. Joseph Fiennes hits the back of the net with his sympathetic portrayal of Southgate. The other reason I loved this is I talked to some football fans who had never been in a theatre before – and they loved it.
Review: THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, Opera Holland Park - Savvy, streetwise take on Leos Janacek's forest fairy tale. The perfect example of absolutely the right venue for a production. Stephen Barlow's The Cunning Little Vixen felt at home in the semi-feral greenery of Holland Park where mice scamper, peacocks strut and real foxes roam. Up-to-date references, like a forester trying to ensnare Vixen Sharp Ears with coffee and a sandwich from Pret a Manger – an inside joke, as Pret's a favourite eatery on Holland Park Avenue – made me smile.

Review: DIAL 1 FOR UK, Riverside Studios

October 30, 2025

Anyone wanting to get to the bottom of newspaper stories about illegal migrants in Britain could learn a great deal from Dial 1 for UK at Riverside Studios.

Review: WENDY & PETER PAN, Barbican Centre

October 29, 2025

Girls rule ok in Ella Hickson's enchanting revival of the Darling children's 'second star to the right and then straight on until morning' journey to Neverland – first performed in 2013 and now showing at the Barbican for a five-week run.

Review: THE MAIDS, Donmar Warehouse

October 22, 2025

An exhilarating new satire on social media, class and how we live in unreal worlds bursts onto the Donmar stage in a frenzy of must-see vigour.

Review: SMALL HOTEL, Starring Ralph Fiennes, Theatre Royal Bath

October 10, 2025

How many extended metaphors does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, please, Rebecca Lenkiewicz.

Review: ENDGAME, Starring Douglas Hodge, Theatre Royal Bath

September 24, 2025

Douglas Hodge commendably leads a star-studded cast in Lindsay Posner's new adaptation of Endgame at Theatre Royal Bath's intimate Ustinov Studio.

Review: EMMA, Theatre Royal Bath

September 19, 2025

What did our critic think of EMMA at Theatre Royal Bath?

Review: LITTLE WOMEN, Salisbury Playhouse

September 8, 2025

Will lovers of Louisa May Alcott's semi-autobiographical novel Little Women, published more than 150 years ago, be content with Anne-Marie Casey's stage adaptation first performed in 2022 and now running at Salisbury Playhouse?

Review: BBC PROMS: CLASSIC THRILLER SOUNDTRACKS, Royal Albert Hall

September 6, 2025

'Who doesn't check twice behind the shower curtain now?' asks presenter Edith Bowman, kicking off a spinetingling evening of thriller film soundtracks from the excellent BBC Concert Orchestra, under the assured direction of American conductor Edwin Outwater at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.

Review: BBC PROMS: ANDRAS SCHIFF PLAYS BACH, Royal Albert Hall

August 24, 2025

It's a special 'you had to be there' moment in the world of live music, with master pianist Sir Andras Schiff taking centre stage in a compelling late-morning concert at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Review: SEMELE, Starring Hilary Cronin, Opera Holland Park

August 24, 2025

In the 35 years I've been going to Opera Holland Park, I've never been disappointed by the music, performances and sheer joy of being in the open air with accompanying local sound effects.

Review: AS YOU LIKE IT, Starring Harriet Walter, Theatre Royal Bath

August 22, 2025

What did our critic think of AS YOU LIKE IT, STARRING HARRIET WALTER, THEATRE ROYAL BATH at Theatre Royal Bath?

Review: HEDDA, Starring Lily Allen, Theatre Royal Bath

August 15, 2025

Anyone who thinks Lily Allen's simply an upstart pop star plonked onstage to pull in the punters and rake in the cash, well, you can think again.

Review: THREE BILLION LETTERS, Riverside Studios

August 14, 2025

Review: THE CONSTANT WIFE, Starring Rose Leslie

July 7, 2025

It's a bold move for the Royal Shakespeare Company to slip in a remake of W Somerset Maugham's 1920s lesser-known comedy about infidelity in amongst more serious offerings like King Lear and Timon of Athens.

Review: GRACE PERVADES, Starring Ralph Fiennes

July 4, 2025

Fiennes captures the voice and gait of actor-manager Sir Henry Irving and Miranda Raison conveys the intuitive nature of actress Ellen Terry in a superb production by director Jeremy Herrin in Fiennes' new season at Theatre Royal Bath.

Review: RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S DREAM BALLETS: A TRIPLE BILL, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

June 21, 2025

A tasty unanticipated treat, these potent and entertaining Rodgers & Hammerstein dream ballets are delights to be lovingly unwrapped and enjoyed.

Review: GEORGE ELIOT IN WORDS AND MUSIC, Salisbury Playhouse

June 7, 2025

What could be more pleasing than an evening of extracts from George Eliot's diaries and novels read by Hermione Norris (Cold Feet, Spooks, The Salt Path) and actor/singer/songwriter SuRie?

Review: A BEAUTIFUL THREAD: THOMAS HARDY IN WORDS AND MUSIC, Starring Anton Lesser

May 30, 2025

An unmissable evening of beautiful words from Thomas Hardy (read by National Treasure Anton Lesser) and music from Orchestra of the Swan at Stonehenge.

Review: MARRIAGE MATERIAL, Lyric Hammersmith

May 29, 2025

Must-see new play based on Sathnam Sanghera's novel about a Sikh immigrant family and the tension between seeking success while trying to hold onto older traditional values.

Review: JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES, Theatre Royal Bath

May 6, 2025

The sweet isn't sweet enough and the bitter not bitter enough in a touring production where the pacing's slow and the laughs don't readily come.

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