1880 was something of a watershed moment in the history of the Deaf community. It was during a conference in Milan that it was decreed the oral method of instruction for the deaf was the way forward thereby setting in stone a method that would last for nearly 100 years and define what it was to be d... (more...)
It's been 25 years since a certain coffee shop-loving troupe appeared on our TV screens. FRIENDSICAL: A Parody Musical About Friends, written and directed by Miranda Larson, is a love letter to that sitcom series so many know and love. After debuting at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it is m... (more...)
If any show proves that physical comedy is timeless, it's One Man, Two Guvnors, which brings a subversive 18th-century Italian comedy onto the 21st-century stage, and then promptly pushes it down the stairs to uproarious laughter.... (more...)
This Merchant of Venice is aimed at schoolchildren and it's a fantastic experience for them. It's also pretty good for anyone, whether a 100+ Shakespeares veteran like me or a first-timer.... (more...)
Almost twenty years after she charmed hearts on the big screen, Amélie is taking to the stage in a bid to change lives and spread joy in the smallest of ways, with the biggest of hearts.... (more...)
It's a story of love, war and one of the greatest tragedies ever told. Macbeth has returned to Manchester for a run at the Royal Exchange Theatre. However, there is a slight difference: Macbeth is played by a woman.... (more...)
At a time of confusion, uncertainty and political chaos, never has there been more to talk about; and never has our country needed more reason for light relief and laughter. Fresh in its first week, Andy Parsons brings his Healing the Nation tour to Nuffield Southampton Theatres.... (more...)
King John's themes are horribly present in today's febrile political climate making it exactly the right time to revive one on Shakespeare's less performed plays.... (more...)
Arthur Miller's modern classic A View from the Bridge is faithfully revived in this co-production between York Theatre Royal and Royal & Derngate, Northampton.... (more...)
Once upon a time there lived two storytelling brothers, their younger sister and a very silly story. This hilarious and nonsensical fairy tale adventure, bursting with absurd jokes and physical comedy, was brought to the Spielman Theatre of the Bristol Tobacco Factory by Gonzo Moose, known best for ... (more...)
There are possibly no four words more chilling to the avid theatre-goer than The Woman in Black. Having taken the West End by storm, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's classic ghost story is now haunting theatres around the UK on its tour, after celebrating its thirtieth birthday this y... (more...)
Accurately reviewing Bianca del Rio's It's Jester Joke tour is perhaps one of the most challenging reports I've ever had to write. That's because so much of what I witnessed was quite frankly, and delightfully, unrepeatable. ... (more...)
Starkly beautiful scenery and strong performances drive this Sheffield Theatres and English Touring Theatre adaptation of Matt Haig's popular memoir.... (more...)
It's Pittsburg, 1969, and the city's Hill District is far from the vibrant, bustling, jazz-soaked African-American neighbourhood it was in its prime. August Wilson's Two Trains Running brings a shabby diner in this threatened community to life, offering a window onto the lives of seven irregular reg... (more...)
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that if you produce Jane Austen, especially in the South-West, then it is to be as authentic, as earnest and as close to traditional BBC magnificence as possible. Then along came Tron Theatre Company and Blood of the Young and shredded that truth until it was... (more...)
Lit is an astonishing debut play from Sophie Ellerby telling the tale of Bex, a teen adrift in a world full of threats with wit, wisdom and overwhelming humanity. Eve Austin is in award-winning form as the girl on the edge.... (more...)
After a sparkling debut last year with an adaptation of Angela Carter's Wise Children, Emma Rice's company of the same name returns for its second outing with another literary classic - Malory Towers.... (more...)
Rust takes us into the lives - the other lives - of Daniel and Nadia, having an affair, but not quite able to leave their real homes at home.... (more...)
This take on the familiar tale brings out many of the subtleties of its source material and has much to say about today's world. It is a little too long though.... (more...)
Gary Naylor sees his last show at this season's Grimeborn, an Italian opera based on the original sources of Romeo and Juliet sung with tremendous panache.... (more...)
BWW Review: SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: EXTRAORDINARY WALL (OF SILENCE), Bristol Old Vic
BWW Review: FRIENDSICAL, Worthing Pavilion Theatre
BWW Review: THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, Crucible, Sheffield
BWW Review: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, Nelson Mandela Primary School and RSC Swan Theatre
BWW Review: AMELIE THE MUSICAL, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: MACBETH, Royal Exchange Theatre
BWW Review: ANDY PARSONS: HEALING THE NATION, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: KING JOHN, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
BWW Review: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, York Theatre Royal
BWW Review: ONCE UPON A TIME, Tobacco Factory Theatres
BWW Review: THE WOMAN IN BLACK, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: BIANCA DEL RIO: IT'S JESTER JOKE, Wembley Arena
BWW Review: REASONS TO STAY ALIVE, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Bristol Old Vic
BWW Review: LIT, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
BWW Review: MALORY TOWERS, York Theatre Royal
BWW Review: RUST, Hightide Festival, Aldeburgh
BWW Review: HEDDA TESMAN, Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre
BWW Review: TWO TRAINS RUNNING, Royal And Derngate
BWW Review: THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & HYDE, Jack Studio Theatre
BWW Review: HELLO AGAIN, Union Theatre
BWW Review: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI, Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre
