Animal Farm review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★☆
How many adaptations of George Orwell’s Animal Farm do you need? Last year saw Ian Wooldridge’s version tour Bolton, Hull…
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Kim’s Convenience review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★☆☆
Kim’s Convenience has enjoyed a longer life than may have been predicted for it. Starting out at Toronto Fringe in…
Andrew McNicol on Here & Now
McNicol Ballet Collective will be performing their brand-new production Here & Now at Hull City Hall (29 March), the Royal…
Chris Fung on The Society for New Cuisine
In the debut play by East-Asian writer and performer Chris Fung, a man with questions following a break-up discovers a…
Of Mice and Men review – Hull Truck ★★★★☆
Modern readers have been increasingly less forgiving of the sexist and racist slurs that reflect the period in the classic…
Georgina Duncan on ASBO BOZO at Riverside Studios
ASBO BOZO arrives at Riverside Studios and we caught up with playwright and actor Georgina Duncan to find out more about the play and its development.
The House Party review – Leeds Playhouse ★★★★☆
To say that Laura Lomas has recast Miss Julie for Gen Z is both accurate and reductive. This loose adaptation of August Strindberg’s 1888 classic play, directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan, is an intelligent update centred on modern class, power and sexual politics.
Hamlet review – Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon ★★★★☆
It goes without saying that Shakespeare is ripe for interpretation. Hamlet is a play frequently moulded to fit directors’ visions….
Sabrina Mahfouz on Argos Archives
A nostalgic celebration of neurodivergent self-discovery written by British Egyptian poet and playwright Sabrina Mahfouz and directed by Caroline Bryant,…
John Savournin on The Magic Flute
Charles Court Opera kick off their 20th anniversary with their production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, opens at Wilton’s Music Hall this…