Our House – 15 May 2019, Sheffield City Hall ***** What a better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Madness than being in the audience for the opening night of the musical based on their iconic hits. With music and lyrics by Madness and written playwright Tim Firth, the musical follows Joe Casey who, […]
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Thestival – 9 to 11 May 2019, Sheffield Hallam University Student’s Union After not being able to make it last year, we were delighted to be in the audience for HSU Theatre Society’s three day festival featuring a night each dedicated to individually comedy, drama and music. And, as suitable for three different nights, we […]
Cold War – 8 to 11 May 2019, Local Theatre, Sheffield A busy week in theatre meant that we did not think we would be able to take up the opportunity to review Doppelgangster’s part gig, part theatre, part political intervention, Cold War at Sheffield’s newest performance space, until our newest reviewer Melanie Hopkins stepped […]
Chicago – 8 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** After seeing Chicago performed several years ago, where I fell in love with its razzle dazzle, I have longed to see another production of the show, so was delighted to be in the audience for SUPAS’s opening night. Broadway’s longest-running American musical, Chicago provides a […]
Anatomy of Gray – 1 May 2019, Sheffield University Drama Studio ***** Coming of age stories are something I usually associate with film and literature rather than the stage, so when Sheffield University Theatre Company invited me to the opening night of their final production of this semester, which promised to be a unique coming […]