UK REGIONAL THEATER REVIEWS

Kenneth MacMillan was renowned for being a major film buff, so we can assume he’d revel in his 1988 work Sea of Troubles being transferred to the big screen...

With a charming libretto by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and folk-style music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, The Book Thief is filled with the warmth of a young girl's friendships and discoveries. But the dangers of war and Nazi rhetoric are a constant threat beneath the ...

An interactive adventure brimming with typical Gigglemug silliness....

Did they do it? It's a 50/50 and you decide. And you have a lot of fun getting there too....

The touring production of Shrek The Musical brings the fairy-tale-inspired story to life....

A celebration of the power of art and one of the most loved of all Sondheim / Lapine collaborations...

The story of the Sandman has been told for generations in song, books and on the stage - and this time, it was the turn of Liverpool’s Royal Court Youth Theatre to bring the tale to life in Dream Team. And what happened when they did? Well - it was truly magical....

The moment when you're presented with a whole new script can feel a little overwhelming for an actor, but Breaking Down Your Script: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Actor is here to help. It's written by Laura Wayth, who has worked as an acting teacher in Italy, Morocco, China and the UK....

Macbeth has been brought to the stage once more in a phenomenal production of the drama at the Shakespeare North Playhouse....

What did our critic think of JEEVES & WOOSTER IN PERFECT NONSENSE at Theatre Royal Bath?...

Are you a budding writer not sure where to begin? Perhaps you’ve managed to get something onto the page, but don’t have any theatre contacts to proceed further. Or maybe you’re a bit nervous about offending someone and ending your writing career before it even gets going....

In theory, watching Shakespeare in a bucolic pub garden on a summer's evening is one of the nicest ways to spend your time. Open Bar Theatre was formed in 2016 by Nicky Diss and Vicky Gaskin to produce Shakespeare for Fuller’s pub gardens, with the intention of creating accessible theatre....

The kind of movie that theatre kids (and theatre adults) everywhere will resonate with....

The term “diva” rose to prominence with its relation to an operatic background and popularly revolves around the traits of someone’s character. Typically (and misogynistically) attributed to women, it’s used to describe a person whose temperament and self-importance are quite difficult to ha...

This two-hour non-stop, quick-fire comedy is delivered superbly by a cast of familiar faces to Liverpool’s Royal Court and newcomers to the theatre’s main stage. ...

The Original West End Cast Recording of Bonnie & Clyde is a tense, cinematic treat....

I like my orchestral music organised around Northern talent. An evening of two halves, this BBC Proms event saw Nottingham (which is geographically more North than South, so let’s forget for a moment that it’s in the midlands) was repped by four-piece band Divorce. Then, Rotherham-born Self-Este...

The annual CFT summer blockbuster delivers West End quality again at considerably more affordable prices - time to book a train or set the satnav...

The Lion King isn't an easy show to take on tour, but you needn't worry that this is a pared down version. The touring production brings with it more than 230 different puppets, around 50 cast members and 100 crew, and the same impressive sets that you'll see in London and on Broadway....

A mixed beast that roars when it comes to the music but is ultimately let down by issues surrounding the conception and dramaturgical realisation....

Originally performed in Chester as early as 1375, The Mystery Plays have been performed every five years in the city since 1951, with a cast of 150 actors, singers and musicians of all ages staging the 2023 production in the historic setting of the city’s beautiful cathedral....

Olivier-award winning director Jeremy Sams lights up the stage with a fast-paced show. For anyone not convinced by turning a Fifties film into a musical today, Roman Holiday is more relevant than you’d think....

Two men bond over a shared love of dogs and discover they have rather more in common than first appears....

Must-have, dip-in, flick-through book to help make Shakespeare's plays fun for actors, students, directors and teachers...

Blazing new production of strange and unsettling musical that leaves you with much to consider...