SUPAS’s Songs For A New World – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 23 November 2023  Review by Jacob Bush. Never one to hide away from a challenge, this semester, alongside The Addams Family which performs in early December, SUPAS have taken on Jason Robert Brown’s song cycle Songs For A New World. The series of songs […]

STOS Theatre Company’s Barnum – Sheffield Lyceum, 14 November 2023  Review by Jacob Bush. This year, STOS Theatre Company brings another ambitious musical to the Lyceum stage, packed full of circus tricks, colourful costumes and sets, fabulous dancing and a talented cast. Barnum tells the story of P.T. Barnum, the man who also lends his […]

Sheffield University Theatre Company’s Swap the Press – 26 October 2023, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Jacob Bush. In an exciting new venture, SUTCo have made the decision to stage a brand new play written by their own members Francesca Vercoe and Charles Wright. Swap the Press is set in a world where feminism […]

Splinters Theatre Group’s Our House – 11 September 2023, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Jacob Bush. Whilst the Montgomery Theatre is closed, many of Sheffield’s amateur dramatics groups have had to find new homes and Splinters Theatre Group, this week, are taking over the University Drama Studio. You have to admire the ambition of […]

Sheepish Productions’ The Last Motel – 8 September 2023, Theatre Deli, Sheffield Review by Claire Taranaski. I was delighted to attend the season launch of Theatre Deli Sheffield’s autumn programme, which included Sheepish Productions’ The Last Motel, but when reviews already compare it to the likes of “Inside No. 9”, Stephen King’s “Misery”, Lynch and […]

Huntsman Theatre Company’s Hamlet – 29 August 2023, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Ellie Needham. The Huntsman Theatre Company made a splendid start as they presented their very first play, Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare. The show was directed by Matthew Carroll and produced by Rob Eagle, with help from Patrick Keddy and Charlie […]