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 […]
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Denys Edwards Players’ Shakers – 2 August 2024, Dronfield Civic Hall Review by Sue Curr. For their latest offering Denys Edward Players chose to bring John Godber and Jane Thornton’s dynamic and extremely witty “Shakers” to life. And bring it to life they most certainly did in spades. Set in the lively environment of a […]
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 […]
Sheffield University Theatre Company’s Why We Stay – 6 March 2024, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Claire Taranaski. Written and directed by SUTCo’s very own Darcey Severne, Why We Stay is an epic three hour horror that more established playwrights may have avoided, but would have struggled to be cut down, making you want […]
Midland Players’ Stage Kiss – 22 September 2023, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Jacob Bush. This week, on a bustling campus celebrating freshers week, Midland Players are performing Stage Kiss by Sarah Ruhl at Sheffield University Drama Studio. The play follows two unnamed actors, who simply go by She and He, who find that […]
Huntsman Theatre Company’s Hamlet – 29 August 2023, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Ellie Needham. The Huntsman Theatre Company made a splendid start as they presented their very first play, Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare. The show was directed by Matthew Carroll and produced by Rob Eagle, with help from Patrick Keddy and Charlie […]