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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Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light – 13 February 2025, Sheffield University Drama Studio Review by Taylor J. Allison Davies’, ‘Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light’, vulnerably articulates, layer by layer, how sharing one’s lived experience of isolating incidents can call in community, love and understanding. Elsa learns her sensitivity can be her superpower. “You’re different, and […]
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, […]
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. […]