SUTCo’s Your Heart’s To Open, Close It – 30 October 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Taylor J. Director and writer Ambrose Robinson comically encapsulates the heart-breaking hero’s journey of our lovable yet flawed, anxiously attached, golden retriever, ‘Pup’ (played by Matthew Heppell), as he unconditional love, and accountability Continue Reading
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The Enfield Poltergeist – 28 October, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield
The Enfield Poltergeist – 28 October, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield Review by Peter Taranaski (Folk Phenomena). Nestled within the leafy suburb of Sharrow (in Sheffield) we see the Lantern Theatre in the distance.The Lantern Theatre is a cosy place with old architecture; an intimate venue perfect for seeing a play from Continue Reading
Tudor Players’ Blackadder II – 15 October 2024, Library Theatre
Tudor Players’ Blackadder II – 15 October 2024, Library Theatre Tudor Players cunning plan to perform three episodes of Blackadder II on a cold dark October evening was a side-splitting success bringing the creation of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton to life and satisfying the itch of fans of the Continue Reading
Midland Players’ Treasure Island – 25 September 2024, University Drama Studio
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 Continue Reading
Denys Edwards Players’ Shakers – 2 August 2024, Dronfield Civic Hall
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 Continue Reading
Kindred Spirits Theatre Company’s Anne of Green Gables – 5 July 2024, Philadelphia Wesleyan Reform Church
Kindred Spirits Theatre Company’s Anne of Green Gables – 5 July 2024, Philadelphia Wesleyan Reform Church Review by Claire Taranaski. Sheffield’s newest youth theatre company may have only been going a year but they are already gaining a reputation from their audiences for bringing sweet versions of classic children’s stories Continue Reading