SUPAS’ Into The Woods – 30 April 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Jacob Bush. For their final production of the academic year, Sheffield University Performing Arts Society (SUPAS) present Into the Woods. With a book by James Lapine, the musical takes a selection of well-known fairy tale characters and explores how far they are […]
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Footsteps Theatre’ Into The Woods – 19 July 2024, Sheffield Library Theatre Review by Jacob Bush. Into the Woods is one of Stephen Sondheim’s most well known and beloved musicals, taking fairytale characters and asking how far they’re willing to go to get what they wish for. It’s a notoriously challenging show, packed full of […]
SUPAS’ Sweeney Todd – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 26 April 2023 Review by Jacob Bush. Sweeney Todd, telling the story of the barber released from prison determined to seek revenge on the people who have taken his family from him, is one of Stephen Sondheim’s most challenging musicals musically, dramatically and with regards to staging. […]
Into The Woods – 6 December 2018, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield ***** After missing out on an opportunity to see the musical Into The Woods earlier this year I was delighted when SUPAS announced they would be performing the fairy tale musical and even more so when they invited me to the opening night. Featuring the […]