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
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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
The Tempest – 29 April 2019, Performance Lab, Sheffield Hallam University
The Tempest – 29 April 2019, Performance Lab, Sheffield Hallam University Thanks to a contact of our latest reviewer Artisan Friendly, I kicked off a busy week of theatre reviews in the audience of the opening night of a new theatre company’s very first production. Thought to be one of Continue Reading
Twelfth Night – 20 April 2019, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield
Twelfth Night – 20 April 2019, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield ***** With the production celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sheffield’s Merlin Theatre it was only right that we sent our latest reviewer Artisan Friendly, who previously acted and worked behind the scenes at the venue, to review the show. Here’s their Continue Reading
Sleep No More – 27 March 2019, Sheffield Library Theatre
Sleep No More – 27 March 2019, Sheffield Library Theatre ***** One of my favourite companies I discovered for the first time last year were Denys Edwards Players, so when I was invited to review their first production of 2019, and the second supernatural tale set in a theatre of Continue Reading