Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical – 6 June 2025, The Crucible Review by Nicola Bourne. Wowing its audiences since its 2008 debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Showstoppers group have landed at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre, on a tour direct from the West End, to share with us their Olivier Award winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical. […]
Category: Musical Theatre
Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company’s Urinetown – 3 June 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Nicola Bourne. Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company debuted their production of Greg Kotis’ dark, musical comedy, Urinetown, last night, at the Drama Studio in Sheffield. Premiering on Broadway in 2001, the musical parodies elements of many of the quintessential Broadway […]
Manor Operatic Society’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – 14 May 2025, Sheffield City Hall Review by Claire Taranaski. Roald Dahl was known for not always being a fan of adaptations of his children’s books so we will never know what he will think of the musical adaption of his much loved book but what […]
SUPAS’ Into The Woods – 30 April 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Jacob Bush. For their final production of the academic year, Sheffield University Performing Arts Society (SUPAS) present Into the Woods. With a book by James Lapine, the musical takes a selection of well-known fairy tale characters and explores how far they are […]
Croft House Theatre Company’s Rock Of Ages – 18 March 2025, Lyceum Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. Rock Of Ages is a musical like non-other than I have seen before, and trust me I have seen a lot, balancing rock music, adult themes and comedy, including brilliantly making fun of the genre itself, which makes […]
Ellesmere Musical Theatre Company’s Annie – 11 March 2025, Montgomery Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. It’s not often I get the chance to directly compare an amateur performance with the professional tour but after seeing the professional tour of Annie 18 months ago and Ellesmere MTC production last night, I’m proud to say there was […]