W.E.A.D.S’s Aladdin – 21 February 2025, Walkley Ebenezer Methodist Church Review by Claire Taranaski. This is the second year I have reviewed W.E.A.D.S annual panto, although they have been going much longer celebrating their 40th birthday this year, and like last year they confirmed that we should all be supporting our local community pantos full […]

Handsworth & Hallam Theatre Company’s Robin Hood – 29 January 2025, Montgomery Theatre Review by Jacob Bush. Panto season isn’t quite over yet. Oh no it’s not! Handsworth and Hallam Theatre Company are banishing those January (and early February!) blues with Robin Hood. After a year away from pantomime last year and a few years […]

Wales Community Theatre Players’ Cinderella – 18 January 2025, Montgomery Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. My first review of 2025 was both a welcome return to The Montgomery Theatre after its refurbishment (brought up to date but still with the Monty feeling that regular attenders of the theatre know and love) and a welcome return […]

Kindred Spirits Theatre Company’s Anne of Green Gables – 5 July 2024, Philadelphia Wesleyan Reform Church Review by Claire Taranaski. Sheffield’s newest youth theatre company may have only been going a year but they are already gaining a reputation from their audiences for bringing sweet versions of classic children’s stories to the stage and their […]

Imagine Theatre Academy’s Shrek The Musical Junior – 28 June 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Imagine Theatre Academy’s production of Shrek The Musical Jr is a lovely family friendly musical that makes the prefect introduction to musical theatre for fans of the film and those who may get fidgety during a […]

Far Far Away Theatre’s The Rainbow Fish Musical – 5 May 2024, George Street Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. Although I have been reviewing the wonderful family friendly Far Far Away Theatre company since their first show in 2018, and they only get better and better with each show, The Rainbow Fish is the first […]