Life of Pi – 3 July 2019, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ***** We were delighted to be in the audience for the press night of Sheffield Theatres latest exciting production, their adaption of Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize winning novel Life of Pi. This new theatrical adaptation, adapted from the novel by Lolita Chakrabarti, brings to […]

Fleabag – 30 May 2018, Studio Theatre, Sheffield Theatres ***** Like Anna from This Life two decades before, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s cult BBC creation Fleabag is both a character I can see parts of myself in and am fascinated by and who I also know I would hate if I met in real life, so I […]

Frost / Nixon – 27 February 2018, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ***** During a time of scandals related to the current US president, it’s worth remembering that this is not the first time that scandals related to a US president have led to worldwide interest, something that being in the audience for Frost / Nixon at […]

Chicken Soup – 12 February 2018, Sheffield Theatre’s Studio Theatre ***** Thanks to a Christmas present from my boyfriend I was delighted that we were both in the audience for the new play Chicken Soup at Sheffield Theatre’s Studio Theatre. Focusing on one of the periods of modern British history and many of the social […]

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 […]

The Nap – 15 March 2016, The Crucible, Sheffield It’s not very often you get to enjoy a preview of a world premier, so even when still slightly jet-lagged from a five day adventure in the Big Apple, I wasn’t going to turn down being in the audience for “The Nap” at Sheffield’s Crucible, the […]