Hasland Theatre Company’s Ravencroft -15th September 2025, The Playhouse, Chesterfield Review by Nicola Bourne. Having never seen one of Don Nigro’s plays before, I wasn’t sure what to expect from last night’s production of Ravenscroft. One of a series of seven plays, featuring the Inspector Ruffing character, this psychological thriller Continue Reading
theatre
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
Midland Players’ Treasure Island – 25 September 2024, University Drama Studio
Midland Players’ Treasure Island – 25 September 2024, University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel is a pirate adventure book that we all feel we should have read when we were younger but many like me did not or will have heard of the pirate Continue Reading
Denys Edwards Players’ Shakers – 2 August 2024, Dronfield Civic Hall
Denys Edwards Players’ Shakers – 2 August 2024, Dronfield Civic Hall Review by Sue Curr. For their latest offering Denys Edward Players chose to bring John Godber and Jane Thornton’s dynamic and extremely witty “Shakers” to life. And bring it to life they most certainly did in spades. Set in Continue Reading
Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s The King In Yellow – 8 March 2024, Theatre Deli Sheffield
Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s The King In Yellow – 8 March 2024, Theatre Deli Sheffield Review by Peter Taranaski. The Sheffield-based group return to the Theatre Deli and aim for the deep, deep stars with their latest play, “The King In Yellow”. “The King in Yellow” is a play Continue Reading
Sheffield University Theatre Company’s Why We Stay – 6 March 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio
Sheffield University Theatre Company’s Why We Stay – 6 March 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Written and directed by SUTCo’s very own Darcey Severne, Why We Stay is an epic three hour horror that more established playwrights may have avoided, but would have struggled to be Continue Reading