Chicago – 4 July 2019. Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield This seems to be the year of the razzle dazzle, with not one but two productions of the Bob Fosse musical being performed, so we were delighted to send our newest reviewer Heather Reynolds to the opening night of Easy Street Theatre Company’s school production of the […]

Top five shows to see this January Happy New Year! In 2019 we will be continuing to recommend in advance our top five shows to see each month in Sheffield, starting with, of course, January, in date order, alongside our reviews throughout the month. Babes in the Wood – 11 to 19 January, Montgomery Theatre […]

Oliver! – 26 June 2018, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield In my youth Oliver! was the first amateur musical I remember seeing on stage so I delighted in the irony that as an adult I was in the audience for a youth production of the much loved Lionel Bart musical that brings the classic tale of Oliver […]

Aladdin – 27 January 2018, Sheffield Library Theatre With pantomime season drawing to a close, I ended January with a pantomime I haven’t seen since I was a youth, performed by one of my favourite youth companies, Easy Street Theatre Company’s Aladdin at Sheffield Library Theatre. The pantomime tells the story of the wicked Abanazar, […]

Last Night I Dreamt Of 2017 Awards I have been delighted to review a lot of wonderful live performances in Sheffield in 2017 and so have decided to end the year by celebrating my favourites in the first of www.lastnightidreamtof.co.uk annual awards. The awards are focusing on amateur, student and youth productions in Sheffield, many […]

Sister Act – 5 July 2017, Montgomery Theatre, Sheffield Growing up in a family where the original movie was a film favourite, I was delighted to be in the audience for the opening night of Easy Street Theatre Company’s production of Sister Act, at Montgomery Theatre until Saturday 8th July. Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, an […]