Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals – 18 July 2025, The Foundry

Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals – 18 July 2025, The Foundry Review by Claire Taranaski. Butter Side Up over the last few years have chosen great alternative musicals, that I think any other company in Sheffield might struggle to perform, and are just getting Continue Reading

Imagine Theatre Academy’s Matilda The Musical Jr. – 26 June 2025, University Drama Studio

Imagine Theatre Academy’s Matilda The Musical Jr. – 26 June 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. I am often a bit wary of musical theatre adaptions of well-loved novels so was delighted to find Roald Dahl meeting the music and lyrics of comedian / musician Tim Minchin is Continue Reading

Theatre Re’s Bluebelle – 11 June 2025, The Crucible

Theatre Re’s Bluebelle – 11 June 2025, The Crucible Review by Maisie Ellis. Many have heard of the “ghost light”: a singular bulb that remains onstage overnight, lit to allow the theatre’s late-working employees to locate props without tripping over them. But there is also the superstitious reasoning for this Continue Reading

Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company’s Urinetown – 3 June 2025, University Drama Studio

Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company’s Urinetown – 3 June 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Nicola Bourne. Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company debuted their production of Greg Kotis’ dark, musical comedy, Urinetown, last night, at the Drama Studio in Sheffield. Premiering on Broadway in 2001, the musical parodies elements of Continue Reading

Tiny & Tall Production’s The Detective Dog – 28 May 2025, Sheffield Playhouse

Tiny & Tall Production’s The Detective Dog – 28 May 2025, Sheffield Playhouse Review by Claire Taranaski. Tiny & Tall Productions stage adaptation of The Detective Dog is a delightfully gleeful production that has been designed with its’ audience completely in mind (children aged 3+) and is a perfect introduction Continue Reading

A Very Dark Imagination – 6 May 2025, Lantern Theatre

A Very Dark Imagination – 6 May 2025, Lantern Theatre Review by Peter Taranaski. We are back to the leafy suburb that hides the wonderful, bijoux theatre, the Lantern Theatre (Sheffield). We are here to see the new horror play from the creators (and actors) of a previous show we Continue Reading