Chicago – 4 July 2019. Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield This seems to be the year of the razzle dazzle, with not one but two productions of the Bob Fosse musical being performed, so we were delighted to send our newest reviewer Heather Reynolds to the opening night of Easy Street Theatre Company’s school production of the […]

Wind in the Willows – 19 June 2019, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** As a fan of Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel growing up and on the verge of becoming a mother myself, I was delighted to be in the audience for the Yorkshire premier of the Wind in the Willows musical. The new musical, by […]

Hello Dolly! – 26 March 2019, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** I must admit that the only thing I know about the musical Hello Dolly! is the title song, so I was delighted to be invited to the dress rehearsal of Ellesmere Musical Theatre Company’s latest show to discover more and get a sneak peek at their […]

Babes in the Wood – 17 January 2019, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield Christmas might be behind us but panto season is still in full swing in Sheffield so we were delighted that the first show we reviewed of 2019 was the rarely performed but delightfully told panto story of Babes in the Woods. Performing by the […]

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 5 December 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** I have a surprising confession as a theatre reviewer, I am a Tim Rice / Andrew Lloyd Webber musical virgin, but what better time to change this than combined with celebrating the 50th anniversary of Southey Musical Theatre Company at the […]

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 follows the lives of four […]