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Review: Brassed Off at Leeds Playhouse
12+ hour, 28+ min ago (1017+ words) Northern Arts Review Review: Brassed Off at Leeds Playhouse "big-hearted and musically accomplished" Brassed Off by Mark Herman adapted by Paul Allen, Leeds Playhouse When I was a kid, my older sister was something of a piano prodigy. She could…...
Celebrate a summer night of musicals under the open sky with "Theatre at The Lake" at Shibden Park in Yorkshire
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (175+ words) Northern Arts Review Celebrate a summer night of musicals under the open sky with "Theatre at The Lake" at Shibden Park in Yorkshire Musical aficionados can soon experience a night of soaring ballads and show-stopping anthems under the open sky,…...
Review: In The Brain at York Theatre Royal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (270+ words) The work was developed from CAVE, a fifteen-minute work he originally made for the Martha Graham Company in 2022, exploring nightlife and the energy of human gathering. Here, it expands into a full fifty-five minutes. The programme notes promise that it…...
Review: Murder For Two at Octagon Theatre
1+ week, 5+ day ago (511+ words) Murder For Two at Octagon Theatre Northern Arts Review Review: Murder For Two at Octagon Theatre "simply an absolute joy, one I'd happily watch over and over again" Murder For Two, Book and Music by Joe Kinosian, Book and Lyrics…...
Review: Blue Stockings at Gladstone Theatre
1+ week, 6+ day ago (220+ words) Blue Stockings, performed by the Bebington Dramatic Society at the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight, left me feeling genuinely moved. The importance of this story and making sure it is heard is something I wasn't even aware of until watching…...
Amelia Bullmore returns to the stage to lead major UK revival of Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad at York Theatre Royal
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (204+ words) Bullmore last appeared on the stage in the critically acclaimed UK revival of'Circle Mirror Transformation'at HOME Manchester in 2018. Also announced today, the production extends its run until 31 October. Amelia Bullmore'today said, "I'm thrilled I'm going to be working at York…...
Step into rehearsals for Summer Holiday the Musical
2+ week, 2+ day ago (119+ words) Based on the iconic film, this brand new production has been specially adapted for Sheffield and is packed with feel-good hits'including'Summer Holiday, In the Country, Dancing Shoes'and more. Aboard a double decker bus, Don and his friends take the ultimate…...
Award-winning Trump play comes to the 2026 Durham Fringe
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (232+ words) It's 2028 and Trump is being replaced for good, but will he leave quietly? A darkly comic play with something for everyone! Will Trump go rogue, or will a plan to keep him focused on golf, gorillas, porn, and developing his…...
Review: Crumbs at York Theatre Royal
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (210+ words) I wish I could say that every spoonful of this delectable show was sweet, but the opening act was a little slow to warm, and after an hour, the pun-to-everything-else ratio was, at times, a little dense. But these are…...
Award-winning comedy-drama about young Muslim men comes to Leeds Playhouse next month
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (394+ words) Northern Arts Review Award-winning comedy-drama about young Muslim men comes to Leeds Playhouse next month Leeds audiences are invited to join Jihad, Rashid and Asif at Chunkyz Shisha Lounge " a space where community whispers are heard, jokes are shared, and…...