SUPAS’ Rent – 8 December 2021, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Daniel O’Key. 25 years ago, bohemians and theatre kids’ lives were changed forever more by the debut of Jonathan Larsson’s rock musical Rent. And like gingerbread lattes, The Pogues and dreadful gift-wrapping, Sheffield University Performing Arts Society (SUPAS) brought Larsson’s classic to the […]
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SUPAS’ Sister Act – 25 November 2021, Sheffield University Theatre Studio Review by Jacob Bush. Sister Act is a hugely popular musical for amateur theatre companies to perform and has been performed several companies in recent years in Sheffield, including Croft House Theatre Company in 2015, Easy Street Theatre Company in 2017 (in which I […]
STOS Theatre Company’s Elf the Musical – 16 November 2021, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Review by Jacob Bush. Christmas has well and truly started in Sheffield! The Christmas market has opened, the Christmas lights switch will be switched on this Sunday and the first Christmas production for the year has opened in the city. This production […]
Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s Game of Thrones: A Spoof Musical – 1 October 2021, Theatre Deli, Sheffield Review by Daniel O’ Key. “Admit it… you were disappointed with the final season of Game Of Thrones” reads the promotional material of Butter Side Up’s Game of Thrones: A Spoof Musical, written and directed by Sian […]
Midland Players’ What’s Love Got to Do With It? – 17 September 2021, Crookes Social Club Review by Artisan Friendly. How fantastic it is to see live performance again and at a great venue! The Crookes Social Club is set out in cabaret style tonight in preparation for ‘What’s Love Got To Do With it?’ […]
Peter Pandemic: A 2020 Panto – Long Arms Writing Review by Artisan Friendly. A playful reinvention of panto (online). Full of frothy, silly, bubbly energy that bounces along like an inflatable beach ball”. Pantomime, by its very nature of being a theatrical entertainment which typically involves music, topical jokes, heroes, villains and slapstick comedy, usually […]