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 Continue Reading
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Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 5 December 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield
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 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
Top five shows to see this November
Top five shows to see this November Following on from the success of last month’s top five, we are continuing to recommend in advance our top shows to see in Sheffield in November, in date order, alongside our regular reviews throughout the month: The Elvis Dead + Evil Dead 2 Continue Reading
Copacabana – 18 September 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield
Copacabana – 18 September 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield After winning our award for best musical (youth company) last year, I was delighted to be invited to the dress rehearsal of Splinters Theatre Group’s production of Copacabana. Featuring original songs by Barry Manilow, Copacabana is a tale of love and romance Continue Reading
Disco Inferno – 11 July 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield
Disco Inferno – 11 July 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield Last year Woodseats Musical Theatre converted me to the delights of the jukebox musical so I was delighted to be in the audience for the opening night of their latest production Disco Inferno, a high energy musical set in the 1970s Continue Reading