Tudor Players’ Wyrd Sisters – 14 October 2025, Library Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. Although I am a fan of Good Omens, last night production by Tudor Players was my first introduction to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, though with by far the biggest audience I have seen for a Tudor Players Continue Reading
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Midland Players’ Much Ado About Nothing – 24 September 2025, University Drama Studio
Midland Players’ Much Ado About Nothing – 24 September 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Paula Turner. Shakespeare plays always start out with the difficulty of audiences’ prior expectations, from studying texts at school to seeing cinema versions. But Much Ado About Nothing’s will-they-won’t they frenemies to lovers can still Continue Reading
Splinters Theatre Group’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – 9 September 2025, Montgomery Theatre
Splinters Theatre Group’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – 9 September 2025, Montgomery Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a fabulously fun musical that brings to life and celebrates Jamie and the journey of everyone about them, whilst bringing the art of drag to a new generation. Continue Reading
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