The Phoenix Dance company are internationally renowned and are presenting a programme to celebrate their fortieth birthday. The evening features work by award winning choreographers who can showcase talent and brilliance in a programme of differing and memorable pieces.
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What an illustrious history! From novel to film, The 39 Steps has finally become a very entertaining farce. It is a simple tale of the hero’s unwilling involvement in an International spy ring, subsequent mistaken identity and a chase which takes him from London to Scotland. Now this story has become a fast paced slapstick romp.
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What did I expect to see at the new Emma Rice production? Humour? Theatricality? Exhilarating style? I got all of those with a large helping of darkness and death. But it was a sense of The Wuthering Heights Experience that I took away with me.
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York Theatre Royal’s Haunted Season progresses towards Halloween with a truly Gothic version of this American masterpiece.
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It is a real treat to see Matthew Bourne’s latest production of contemporary dance and I anticipated it with excitement. Described as ‘intoxicated tales from darkest Soho’ and inspired by the novels of Patrick Hamilton it is a multi-layered glimpse of London’s underworld of the 1930s, set in a public house named The Midnight Bell.
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What a fully grown-up experience the Young people’s Summer production of Around the World in 80 Days turned out to be. It is touring several venues before going into the theatre and I saw it in the playing fields of Carr School in Acomb. Continue reading “Review: Around The World In 80 Days Directed by Juliet Forster”
One of my favourite theatre experiences is to see a brand new version of a classic play. Something which retains the power of the original but gives contemporary insight. This production does this magnificently. Continue reading “Review: Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood at The National’s Olivier Theatre, London”
Stephen Sondheim is a particular favourite of mine. I love his witty lyrics (as in A West Side Story) and off beat harmonies. I am in awe of his ability to blend voices and lyrics to create one song. When I heard that Opera North were mounting a production of A Little Night Music it felt like a match made in heaven and so it proved to be. Continue reading “Review: A Little Night Music at Leeds Playhouse”
Romeo and Juliet as you have never seen it before! Continue reading “Review: Romeo and Juliet at York Theatre Royal”
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