Pictures in this review may not feature the 2022 touring cast I feel the need to start this review with a little bit of truth about me. I...

Co-produced by Figueteatret I Nordland (Nordland Visual Theatre) and Theatre Royal Plymouth, and presented by Extraordinary Bodies,...

Please note that the photographs featured here may not feature all of the cast members mentioned in this review. Billed as ‘theatre as...

With hits including ‘(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Women’, ‘Take Good Care Of My Baby’, ‘The Locomotion’ and ‘Will You Love Me...

If you think of theatre shows that feature stories from the LGBTQ+ Community, it may be ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ or ‘Kinky...

Following on from such successes as ‘The Red’ and ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’, Original Theatre returns with their next online...

Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, performer and producer Shôn Dale-Jones brings ‘Still Floating’ to the Theatre Royal Plymouth, revisiting...

Please note that the photographs included in this review are of the 2021 cast After setting sail in its world premiere at The Hall For Cornwall last year, the musical adaptation of hit film Fisherman’s Friends (based on the film of the same name which is in turn based on the real-life story of Port Isaac’s famous shanty band) has returned to the stage, launching its hotly anticipated UK Tour at The Theatre Royal Plymouth. Men of the sea, devoted to their work, their families,

Years on from the success and popularity of shows such as Horrible Histories (still pleasing audiences to this day), the idea of using shows with plenty of music to make education fun, celebrated dramatist Chris Bush and songwriter Miranda Cooper have adapted Kate Pankhurst’s picture book celebrating incredible women for the stage, creating a new girl power musical that both entertains and inspires. Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (recently seen at the Edinbur

So, it turns out that going wrong isn’t always a bad thing. Who would have thought that a little play about a drama company trying to put on a play when everything that could go wrong does exactly that would become one of the most successful stage comedies around? But here we are. That little show that started its life in a pub theatre is now a huge hit. It’s about to celebrate its eighth birthday and has become the longest running show ever to play in London’s Duchess Theatr

Images not of performances mentioned Over the years, the Edinburgh Fringe has become known for many things; street performers, mad dashes from venue to venue and comedy acts that are simply impossible to resist. Improv comedy has always proved a popular choice at the festival, and some theatre companies have become so well known for it that they are amongst the top choice to see at the fringe. And when it comes to inventing a show on the spot, you can’t go wrong with the Show

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Get Up, Stand Up: The Bob Marley Musical, The Cher Show, and Jersey Boys. It’s safe to say that musicals telling the stories of real-life music stars aren’t exactly in short supply, and you’d be forgiven for wondering if perhaps there wasn’t space for another but with so many music stars out there with a story to tell about what really happened behind the glamour of their careers, it’s not really surprising th

‘You can’t please everyone’ It’s a saying that most people have probably heard before, and many people probably do fall into the idea of being a ‘people pleaser’, but is it actually possible to please everyone? Well, that is exactly what Charlie Russell, well known for being a part of the original Mischief Theatre team, set out to do with her debut solo fringe show ‘Charlie Russell Aims To Please’. Taking suggestions from the audience gathered in the small but cosy Pleasance

Over the years, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has acted as a launchpad for many productions and performers that are now household names with many fringe goers able to say, ‘I was there when’. Looking back to 2009, you may have stumbled across a small show in a small venue called ‘Lights Camera Improvise’, performed by a group called The Scat Pack. And from those humble beginnings, the show has changed name, the company has changed names and it is now one of the best-known com

When it comes to the Edinburgh Fringe, it’s very easy to fall into a hole of not knowing what to expect as there is just so much to see. So many different ideas, new stories, new concepts, it’s all there to see on stages scattered across the city. So, with so much on offer, you’d be forgiven for thinking that something with a familiar title would be a familiar show, a does what it says on the tin kind of situation that you could walk into with at least a rough idea of what is

Springing onto the movie screens in glorious technicolour in 1952 and onto the West End in all dancing, singing spectacular in 1983, ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ is a staple in the world of classic musicals, harking back to the golden age of Hollywood. The story centres around Don Lockwood (played here by Sam Lips), a great star of silent movies in the 1920’s and the challenges faced in the move towards talking pictures. Lockwood is famed for performing alongside fellow star Lina La

Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot. I see no reason, that gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. Touring the country and using some of the most beautiful country estates and houses as their backdrops, theatre company Three Inch Fools are spending the summer bringing two productions to family audiences: Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’ and ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ You may think that you know the ins and outs of the gunpowder plot, a group of ca

Tasting notes are strings of adjectives, increasingly precise and sometimes obscure, meant as a sensory examination and evaluation of a drink. More informal, recreational tasting may usually involve a much less analytical process for a more general, personal appreciation (the gill girl, pribblebabble.wordpress.com, 2013). Although usually applying to a drink, in this case wine, the idea of a tasting note can allow be directly applied to day-to-day life and way in which we s

After proving a hit and a star making machine on Broadway, Dreamgirls opened in London’s West End in late 2016, running through to early...

A candlestick, a lead pipe, a rope, a spanner, a revolver, and a dagger. 6 weapons, 6 party invites and a house looked after by a rather...