Midland Players’ Treasure Island – 25 September 2024, University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel is a pirate adventure book that we all feel we should have read when we were younger but many like me did not or will have heard of the pirate Long John Silver but not […]

Splinters’ Theatre Group’s Footloose The Musical – 16 September 2024, University Drama Studio Review by Ellie Needham. “I had the pleasure of attending a vibrant and energetic production of Footloose the Musical, performed by Splinters Theatre Group. This uplifting show had the audience tapping their feet and clapping along as the cast brought the story to life. […]

Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s Spring Awakening The Musical – 16 August 2024, Sheffield Library Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. I came into this production with incredibly high expectations, firstly because the first time I saw Spring Awakening The Musical in 2018 it was the one of the first musicals to blow my expectations away […]

Denys Edwards Players’ Shakers – 2 August 2024, Dronfield Civic Hall Review by Sue Curr. For their latest offering Denys Edward Players chose to bring John Godber and Jane Thornton’s dynamic and extremely witty “Shakers” to life. And bring it to life they most certainly did in spades. Set in the lively environment of a […]

Footsteps Theatre’ Into The Woods – 19 July 2024, Sheffield Library Theatre Review by Jacob Bush. Into the Woods is one of Stephen Sondheim’s most well known and beloved musicals, taking fairytale characters and asking how far they’re willing to go to get what they wish for. It’s a notoriously challenging show, packed full of […]

Wales Community Theatre Players’ Show Stoppers – 11 July 2024, The Lyric, Dinnington Review by Peter Taranaski. There are few things as purely joyful as musical theatre. That unique mix of singing, dancing, comedic pauses and quiet tragedy speak to the questions with have in our hearts and minds. When local communities and amateur groups […]