Cheshire Cats – 14 May 2019, Sheffield Library Theatre Any production that promises to be a cross between a girls’ night out and a real mission to support a cause close to many hearts, with plenty of laughs and a few tears along the way is worth checking out, especially Continue Reading
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Thestival – 9 to 11 May 2019, Sheffield Hallam University Student’s Union
Thestival – 9 to 11 May 2019, Sheffield Hallam University Student’s Union After not being able to make it last year, we were delighted to be in the audience for HSU Theatre Society’s three day festival featuring a night each dedicated to individually comedy, drama and music. And, as suitable Continue Reading
Cold War – 8 to 11 May 2019, Local Theatre, Sheffield
Cold War – 8 to 11 May 2019, Local Theatre, Sheffield A busy week in theatre meant that we did not think we would be able to take up the opportunity to review Doppelgangster’s part gig, part theatre, part political intervention, Cold War at Sheffield’s newest performance space, until our Continue Reading
Chicago – 8 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio
Chicago – 8 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** After seeing Chicago performed several years ago, where I fell in love with its razzle dazzle, I have longed to see another production of the show, so was delighted to be in the audience for SUPAS’s opening night. Broadway’s longest-running Continue Reading
Anatomy of Gray – 1 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio
Anatomy of Gray – 1 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** Coming of age stories are something I usually associate with film and literature rather than the stage, so when Sheffield University Theatre Company invited me to the opening night of their final production of this semester, which promised Continue Reading
Dad’s Army – 30 April 2019, Ecclesall Parish Hall, Sheffield
Dad’s Army – 30 April 2019, Ecclesall Parish Hall, Sheffield ***** In what has become a year for classic sitcoms to be brought to the Sheffield stage and in the 80th anniversary of the start of the World War Two, it feels only right to “don’t panic” and be in Continue Reading