Choke Me – 24 October 2019, Performance Lab, Sheffield Review by Daniel O’ Key. “You can only imagine my intrigue after receiving a face mask and earplugs before seeing a show called “Choke Me”. I was told to expect a provocative piece of theatre targeting the environmental threats within South Yorkshire and the world at […]

Six events you must go to at Off The Shelf 2018 With just over a week to go to this year’s Off The Shelf, Sheffield’s 27th annual Festival of Words taking place from 6 to 27 October 2018, here’s our recommendations, in date order, for must see events at probably our favourite Sheffield festival. Frankenstein: […]

Stephen McGann – Off The Shelf interview As someone with a passion for British drama I am a massive fan of the McGann brothers and combined with my recent interest in researching my family tree, love of books and excitement about the line-up of this year’s Off The Shelf, the literature and words festival taking […]

Rosie Wilby – Off The Shelf interview To mark one of my favourite Sheffield festivals, the literature and words festival Off The Shelf, taking place from 7th to 28th October, I was delighted to interview award winning comedian and Radio 4 regular Rosie Wilby, who will be performing her show “The Conscious Uncoupling”, which links […]

Nick Hornby – 3 October 2016, Sheffield Theatres Studio Theatre Without writer Nick Hornby one of my top three British films of all time “Fever Pitch”, my favourite book of the 21st century “Funny Girl” and two of my favourite adaptions of other people’s biographies “An Education” and “Dear Nina” would not exist. Through his […]