Closer – 8 November 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield ***** This autumn’s trend for bringing to Sheffield stages productions that are famous for their film adaptations continues with this powerful and darkly funny production, performed by new independent Sheffield theatre company on me, Day One Theatre. Patrick Marber’s award winning drama follows the lives of four […]
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Margherita – 3 November 2018, Merlin Theatre, Sheffield ***** Rom-coms and pizza are one of lives great combinations, so when Mage Plays invited me to the debut of their original theatrical rom com Margherita, which is also the first Kickstarter funded theatre production I’ve seen, I had to say yes. Margherita follows the story of a […]
Top five shows to see this November Following on from the success of last month’s top five, we are continuing to recommend in advance our top shows to see in Sheffield in November, in date order, alongside our regular reviews throughout the month: The Elvis Dead + Evil Dead 2 – 1 November 2018, Leadmill […]
Robin Hood: The Truth Behind The Green Tights – 24 October 2018, University of Sheffield Drama Studio In the 25th anniversary year of the comic film re-telling of the legend of the man in tights, it felt only right to be in the audience for Sheffield University Theatre Company’s own version of the truth behind […]
Avenue Q – 23 October 2018, Theatre Deli, Sheffield ***** When one of Sheffield’s best amateur musical theatre company’s invited me to the opening night of their production of one of your favourite ever musicals, I had to be there, knowing I was guaranteed to have a great night of loveable puppets, laugh out loud comedy and […]
Ben Hur – 16 October 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre ***** When a theatre company promises to bring the greatest book ever penned to life on stage with a towering team of just four actors, and complete with a bona fide chariot race, with real chariots, an authentic sea battle, with real water, and a decadent […]