SUPAS’ Amélie – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 11 December 2024 Review by Jacob Bush. Based on the cult classic film, Amélie tells the story of a young woman living in Paris who only seeks to do good but also likes to remain a mystery to those whom she’s helping. Craig Lucas’ book is quirky and funny, […]
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SUPAS’ Be More Chill – Sheffield University Drama Studio, 28 November 2024 Review by Jacob Bush. Be More Chill comes to Sheffield as Sheffield University Performing Arts Society takes on the modern cult classic. The musical follows unpopular high school student Jeremy Heere as he takes a ‘grey oblong pill’ and gets a Squip – […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]