SUTCo’s Your Heart’s To Open, Close It – 30 October 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Taylor J. Director and writer Ambrose Robinson comically encapsulates the heart-breaking hero’s journey of our lovable yet flawed, anxiously attached, golden retriever, ‘Pup’ (played by Matthew Heppell), as he unconditional love, and accountability discovers the price of vulnerability. […]
The Enfield Poltergeist – 28 October, Lantern Theatre, Sheffield Review by Peter Taranaski (Folk Phenomena). Nestled within the leafy suburb of Sharrow (in Sheffield) we see the Lantern Theatre in the distance.The Lantern Theatre is a cosy place with old architecture; an intimate venue perfect for seeing a play from far history so that you […]
Tudor Players’ Blackadder II – 15 October 2024, Library Theatre Tudor Players cunning plan to perform three episodes of Blackadder II on a cold dark October evening was a side-splitting success bringing the creation of Richard Curtis and Ben Elton to life and satisfying the itch of fans of the sitcom to see their favourite […]
Ellesmere Musical Theatre Company’s Young Frankenstein – 11 October 2024, Lyceum Theatre Review by Claire Taranaski. In a year when many of our favourite Sheffield theatre companies shows have been moved or even sadly cancelled due to the renovations at the Montgomery Theatre (we can’t wait to see it when it re-opens) it feels only […]
Midland Players’ Treasure Island – 25 September 2024, University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel is a pirate adventure book that we all feel we should have read when we were younger but many like me did not or will have heard of the pirate Long John Silver but not […]
Splinters’ Theatre Group’s Footloose The Musical – 16 September 2024, University Drama Studio Review by Ellie Needham. “I had the pleasure of attending a vibrant and energetic production of Footloose the Musical, performed by Splinters Theatre Group. This uplifting show had the audience tapping their feet and clapping along as the cast brought the story to life. […]