REVIEW: Look Up at the Stars
Reading Time: 2 minutesLook Up at the Stars is a one-woman play written by Stephen Wyatt, from an idea he co-conceived with star Jessica Martin.
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REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon In Concert
Reading Time: 2 minutesA year after the release of the live-action remake of the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon, Anthony Gabriele brought a concert presentation of the film to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
REVIEW: APPLICATION 39
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe year is 2040, 8 years before the 39th Olympics. Two young IT workers, Rayyan (James El-Sharawy) and Selma (Sama Rantisi), manage to hack the bid progress and win unexpectedly.
REVIEW: Philharmonia’s Season Opening Concert: Santtu and Sol Gabetta
Reading Time: 2 minutesOrchestral concerts are often exciting and the high standard of the Philharmonia is a treat - they did not disappoint at the opening concert for the season: Santtu and Sol Gabetta.
REVIEW: G R I E F C A S E
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe audience takes their seats on either side of the stage, in two rows facing each other, eagerly anticipating the Hope Theatre’s first-ever co-production, G R I E F C A S E, a collaboration with Tailwind Physical Theatre Company.
REVIEW: Catherine Bohart: Borrowing Trouble
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEight years after first tackling her OCD on stage, Catherine Bohart is back at the Soho Theatre with a level of comic confidence that can only come from time, perspective, and a freshly signed mortgage.
REVIEW: The Last Ship
Reading Time: 2 minutesSting’s musical The Last Ship arrives at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with big ambitions, trying to tell a story of industrial decline, community spirit, and past romance.
REVIEW: Paranormal Activity
Reading Time: 2 minutesParanormal Activity is everything an audience could want for a night at the theatre, haunting and intimate. Young couple James (James Bye) and Lou (Hannah Sinclair Robinson) have recently moved from Chicago to London to try and run away from their past. As they arrive in London, they come to understand that they have not been successful at running away from their ghosts.
REVIEW: High Society
Reading Time: 2 minutesTracy Lord’s wedding should be one of the biggest events of the season. Her former husband is still in the picture, a reporter has taken an interest in her family, and the preparations are becoming more complicated by the day. This is the setting for Cole Porter’s High Society, which has arrived at Lowry following a London season. Rachel Kavanaugh’s production has a strong cast, lovely costumes and a collection of songs that give the evening plenty of charm.
REVIEW: The Tempest
Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you ever wanted to see Shakespeare performed on a full size Elizabethan ship? If so then this show is for you. Adapted into a sixty minute abridged version, The Tempest has been re-imagined into a site-specific (more probably site-sympathetic) promenade performance for all the ages. Just make sure you’ve got good knees and a knack for ladders.