Midland Players’ Men At Arms – 19 February 2025, University Drama Studio Review by Peter Taranaski. It’s a quiet sort of evening as we make our way to the University of Sheffield Drama Studio. The quietness of the evening is about to be punctured by the kind of raucous, off-beat, and surreal world that is […]
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Rott£n – 8 November 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Peter Taranaski. “Rott£n”, a new play by Josie White, directed by Rikki Beadle Blair, is a play that tells us that outward appearances can be deceiving. It opens with three women Saoirse (Nicole Taggart), Coco (Narisha Lawson), and Sonia (Kavita Vyas) who have made […]
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 […]
Wales Community Theatre Players’ Show Stoppers – 11 July 2024, The Lyric, Dinnington Review by Peter Taranaski. There are few things as purely joyful as musical theatre. That unique mix of singing, dancing, comedic pauses and quiet tragedy speak to the questions with have in our hearts and minds. When local communities and amateur groups […]
Butter Side Up Theatre Company’s The King In Yellow – 8 March 2024, Theatre Deli Sheffield Review by Peter Taranaski. The Sheffield-based group return to the Theatre Deli and aim for the deep, deep stars with their latest play, “The King In Yellow”. “The King in Yellow” is a play adapted from a collection of […]
Shrek The Musical – 12 November 2019, Lyceum Theatre Review by Peter Taranaski. “At the Lyceum this blustery, stormy November we got the chance to walk through a fairytale forest, a landscape bursting with song and synchronised dancing all underneath a musical green glow. Rather than the green associated with highly regarded musical “Wicked” we […]