Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s Messina – Library Theatre, 12 December 2024 Review by Taylor J. Ellie Madeira’s ‘Messina’ is an unforgettable twist of Shakespeare’s dramatic tragicomedy and the soft yet powerful sensuality of Burlesque! The cast truly disappeared into their characters with the help of the incredible costume and makeup design, setting the scene […]
SUPAS’ Amélie – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 11 December 2024 Review by Jacob Bush. Based on the cult classic film, Amélie tells the story of a young woman living in Paris who only seeks to do good but also likes to remain a mystery to those whom she’s helping. Craig Lucas’ book is quirky and funny, […]
SUPAS’ Be More Chill – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 28 November 2024 Review by Jacob Bush. Be More Chill comes to Sheffield as Sheffield University Performing Arts Society takes on the modern cult classic. The musical follows unpopular high school student Jeremy Heere as he takes a ‘grey oblong pill’ and gets a Squip – […]
SUTCo’s The Importance of Being Earnest – 20 November 2024, Library Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. Last night SUTCo confirmed their place as one of Sheffield’s finest student theatre companies with a production and performances all that would make Oscar Wilde proud and if you didn’t know differently would make you think you were seeing […]
STOS Theatre Company’s Crazy For You – 19 November 2024, Lyceum Theatre Review by Jacob Bush. Following last year’s production of Barnum, STOS Theatre Company return to Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre this year with another showbiz related musical, Crazy For You. Aspiring performer Bobby Child, after being rejected multiple times by theatre producer Bela Zangler, gets […]
Rott£n – 8 November 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Peter Taranaski. “Rott£n”, a new play by Josie White, directed by Rikki Beadle Blair, is a play that tells us that outward appearances can be deceiving. It opens with three women Saoirse (Nicole Taggart), Coco (Narisha Lawson), and Sonia (Kavita Vyas) who have made […]