The Castaways – 20 June 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield As part of Sheffield’s Migration Matters Festival I was excited to be in the audience for White Tree Theatre’s The Castaways, which promised to turn the international refugee crisis on its head. Set in the not too distant future, where flooding Continue Reading
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – 11 June 2018, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – 11 June 2018, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ***** I had managed to double book myself for this evening, but when you are offered a theatre ticket to the hottest new production in Sheffield I couldn’t say no, which is how I found myself in Continue Reading
Fleabag – 30 May 2018, Studio Theatre, Sheffield Theatres
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 Continue Reading
Game Night – 18 May 2018, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield
Game Night – 18 May 2018, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield When offered a ticket to the opening night of a new company performing a new play at a newly re-opening theatre, I could resist the triple combination, which is how I found myself in the audience for Mage Plays Theatre Company’s Continue Reading
Spamalot – 16 May 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield
Spamalot – 16 May 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** After recently being introduced to the comedy of Monty Python by my boyfriend, I was delighted that we could both be in the audience for the opening night of Southey Musical Theatre Society’s production of the Monty Python musical Spamalot. Winner Continue Reading
A Bunch of Amateurs – 15 May 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre
A Bunch of Amateurs – 15 May 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre ***** After being in an audience with Ian Hislop last year, I was intrigued to see how his comedy and writing, in partnership with Nick Newman, would work as a play brought to life on stage by Sheffield’s Tudor Continue Reading