A Bedtime Story For My Mummy – 27 January 2020, Theatre Workshop, Sheffield Review my Melanie Hopkins. “As soon as I heard of Alice Connolly’s plans for a devised, solo theatre piece revolving around bedtime stories, Barbie and other beautiful dolls introduced at childhood, I was immediately gripped by the idea and curious to see […]
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Fading Into Nothingness – 17 January 2020, Merlin Theatre Sheffield Review by Melanie Hopkins. “The Merlin Theatre is a fantastic venue for both new work and classic productions. It is adaptable, spacious, and houses a commanding stage that has the ability to capture an audience off the bat and bring them into that play’s world, […]
Trompe L’oeil – 6 September 2019, Performance Lab, Arundel Gate, Sheffield When one of our talented reviewers Melanie Hopkins, who we first met when we reviewed her SOS Fest showcase earlier this year (read the review here) asked us to review her new one woman show, whose title translates as Optical Illusion, we had to […]
Top five shows to see in Sheffield this September With summer drawing to a close, what better way to push back the start of autumn than to escape with a great night out. These are our suggestions for five great shows to see in Sheffield this October. Midnight Skyracer – 2 September, The Greystones I […]
Number, Please – 10 July 2019, The Local Theatre, Sheffield With less than a month to go to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe we were delighted to send one of our new reviewers Melanie Hopkins to review a preview show of farcical comedy and 1950s spy film satire in Sheffield before it heads up to Edinburgh […]
Cold War – 8 to 11 May 2019, Local Theatre, Sheffield A busy week in theatre meant that we did not think we would be able to take up the opportunity to review Doppelgangster’s part gig, part theatre, part political intervention, Cold War at Sheffield’s newest performance space, until our newest reviewer Melanie Hopkins stepped […]