Mother Goose’s Golden Christmas – 24 November 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield With a month to go a production had to finally mention the Christmas word in its’ title, and if any show could get away with doing so it would be this family musical like no other, that promises to Continue Reading
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Made in Dagenham – 21 November 2018, Sheffield University Drama Studio
Made in Dagenham – 21 November 2018, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** In the 50th anniversary year of the Ford women’s worker strike that kicked off the fight for equal pay for women in the UK, it felt only right to see a production of Made in Dagenham, the musical Continue Reading
Last of the Duty Free – 20 November 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre
Last of the Duty Free – 20 November 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre I’m slightly too young to remember the sitcom Duty Free but as someone who loves British sitcoms I was delighted to be in invited to the dress rehearsal of Denys Edwards Players production of Eric Chappell’s follow up Continue Reading
Monster – 14 November 2018, Sheffield University Drama Studio
Monster – 14 November 2018, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** As the nights grow longer, the autumn always feels the perfect time for a new horror story, so I was looking forward to being in the audience for SUTCo’s new play Monster, written and directed by the company’s member James Continue Reading
Gypsy – 13 November 2018, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Gypsy – 13 November 2018, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield ***** When the winner of our best musical of last year STOS invited us to the opening night of their production of Gypsy, immediately leading to my colleague breaking into a melody of songs from the show, we knew we had to Continue Reading
Closer – 8 November 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield
Closer – 8 November 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** This autumn’s trend for bringing to Sheffield stages productions that are famous for their film adaptations continues with this powerful and darkly funny production, performed by new independent Sheffield theatre company on me, Day One Theatre. Patrick Marber’s award winning drama Continue Reading