Live Review: Wise Children bring Hitchcock to York

27/03/202531/03/2025 Angie Millard

Whenever Emma Rice brings a play to York Theatre Royal we anticipate what surprises she has in store for us.

Review: Six at Grand Opera House, York

18/10/202220/10/2022 Graeme Smith

In the wake of the hugely successful musical Hamilton, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, came up with a cool idea: what if a show focused on the wives of the infamous Henry VIII? Six was born.

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Review: Yorkshire Kernel at Theatre 41

30/05/202206/06/2022 Angie Millard

This is a story of a journey across England to locate the trees planted after the war, by protagonist James’ grandad, in memory of his WW2 comrades. James’ mission is to bring back an acorn. His grandad is dying and he wants James to plant an acorn in Yorkshire, at a site where his ashes will be scattered.

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Review: A Place To Fall To Pieces at Theatre@41 Monkgate

25/04/202213/09/2022 Angie Millard

This is an unusual piece. The publicity says: ‘ You are on an island. And it is sinking. It is not a metaphor, nor is it a dream. It is the end.’

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Year In Review: 2021

02/12/202108/12/2021 Graeme Smith

So here we are again. Another year down and plenty to look back on over twelve months that became so much more poignant considering 2020’s creative washout. Here’s my review of the highs and highers of York Calling in 2021.

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Review: The 39 Steps at Theatre@41

12/11/202115/11/2021 Angie Millard

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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Review: Sleepy Hollow at York Theatre Royal

06/10/202107/10/2021 Angie Millard

York Theatre Royal’s Haunted Season progresses towards Halloween with a truly Gothic version of this American masterpiece.

Impact Hub Bradford, Interviews, Previews

Interview: Kamal Kaan

01/10/202104/10/2021 Graeme Smith

Bradford writer Kamal Kaan’s new play Aaliyah: After Antigone will premiere simultaneously as a live and digital online experience at Impact Hub Bradford from 8-16 October. This contemporary adaptation of Sophocles’ Greek tale examines the fragile nature of citizenship, making us question or own relationship to ourselves and our country. Set in Bradford, it follows the plight of two British Bangladeshi sister as they try and save their brother who is facing deportation.

John Cooper Studio, Reviews