Author: The Reviews Hub - Yorkshire & North East

Hadestown, the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin has announced its first UK tour. Hadestown takes audiences on an unforgettable journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two ancient Greek mythic love stories – that of young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. The musical is the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. The musical has been seen by more than six million people and streamed by nearly a billion listeners. The deeply resonant and…

Book, Music and Lyrics: Dave Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, Zoe Roberts Director: Robert Hastie Back in the 1950s a film called The Man Who Never Was cast supposedly historical light on one of the most unlikely events of World War Two. The same events, Operation Mincemeat, are now the basis for a film and astonishingly successful musical. Amazingly both the 1950s film, earnest and at times mysterious, and the current musical, zany and wonderfully inventive, stick fairly closely to the historical events. In 1943 the Allies were looking to invade Sicily; the Germans were aware that an invasion was imminent, but…

Queen Elizabeth II – the monarch. Margaret Thatcher – her most powerful subject. Two women meet once a week for 11 years. One believes there is no such thing as society. The other has committed her life to serving it. Winner of a 2014 Olivier Award and a West End smash hit, Handbagged takes us from 1979 to 1990 and asks if the Queen and the Iron Lady ever found common ground, or did their stiff upper lips reign supreme? A new production of the play by Moira Buffini will be staged at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough this summer, before…

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the beloved film, The Full Monty returns to the stage for a major UK tour. The play tells the story of an ordinary group of men striving to reclaim their dignity and pride. Gaz and his mates find themselves down on their luck, cast aside and underestimated – but determined to fight back, even if it means revealing more than they ever imagined. The production, echoing the smash-hit film, delivers a rollercoaster of laughter and heartbreak as audiences are invited to relive the iconic music of the 90s cheering on this unforgettable group of lads as they…

Writer: Danny Robins Directors: Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman 2:22 A Ghost Story first premiered in London’s West End in 2021 and since then has gone on to haunt a multitude of West End theatres, in addition to having UK tours and international productions. It now returns to Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre on another extensive UK tour. Danny Robins’ play is set in the new home of Jenny and Sam. After a few days home alone, with just her new baby, Jenny becomes convinced that the house is haunted. At this evening’s dinner party with friends Ben and Lauren, Jenny tries…

The multi-award winning musical SIX, written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, has announced a new cast for its 2026 UK and China tour. SIX follows the six wives of Henry VIII as they take to the mic to tell their own personal tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. In the UK, SIX has entered its sixth year in the West End where it continues its region at the Vaudeville Theatre, whilst the UK tour, now booking through 2027, continues to break box office records. Across the world, SIX continues to run on Broadway at…

Ahead of bringing his original One Man Poe production to Ripon Theatre Festival and premiering a brand new show at York Medical Society, before taking it to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we spoke to Stephen Smith, Artistic Director of Threedumb Theatre. We discussed the show, Edgar Allan Poe and developing new work. For those who might not know, who is Edgar Allan Poe? Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, critic and pioneer of Gothic Horror. He’s often credited with inventing the detective story, helping shape science fiction, and influencing the psychological horror genre long before cinema existed. His work…

Writer: William Shakespeare  Director: Mark Dornford-May Established less than two years ago, theatre company Ensemble ‘84 has achieved so much in a short period of time and in the most unlikely of places. Following winning three North East Culture Awards in 2025, funding from Arts Council England and Durham County Council has allowed them to convert a Methodist church into The Playhouse: their own performance space in the heart of Horden – one of the many pit villages that dot the North East of England. Like most of these mining communities, Horden has struggled to recover from the closure of…