Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Rupert Goold Hamlet is such an iconic work in the cultural landscape that each time there is a production or screen version of it – and there have been many – you witness it in a kind of awe, wondering how this one will be different and what have they done with it this time? Will it be in traditional costume and time and place and set in a castle or will it be updated in some way? Will audiences be confused by male parts being played by females – interesting when in Shakespeare’s time all female parts were played by boys – or will it be the expected gender balance? How will…
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Writer: Agatha Christie Adapter: Ken Ludwig Director: Lucy Bailey Death on the Nile is a classic 1937 mystery novel by Agatha Christie, featuring the iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. This latest stage adaptation, produced by Fiery Angel, under the direction of Lucy Bailey, brings to life Christie’s intricate tale of jealousy, passion and murder aboard a Nile cruise ship. The story follows Poirot (Mark Hadfield) as he vacations in Aswan before boarding the steamer Karnak for a journey along the Nile River. He is approached by wealthy heiress Linnet Doyle (Libby Alexandra-Cooper), newly married to Simon Doyle (Nye Occomore), who…
Book: Heather Hach Music and Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin Director: Nikolai Foster 25 years since it was first seen on screen and 19 years since it was turned into a Broadway musical, Legally Blonde still feels fresh and relevant. In those 19 years, Legally Blonde has enjoyed a West End run, UK tours, regional productions and many many many amateur and school productions. Now it’s back for another UK tour in a new, colourful and energetic production. Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods, UCLA sorority sister, as she works to get into Harvard Law School to follow the love of her life Warner.…
A magical cast has been announced to bring the dynamic and delightfully chaotic world of an eight year old accidental trouble magnet to life in Planet Omar, which brings to life Zanib Mian’s beloved characters on stage for the first time in an adaptation by Bradford playwright Asif Khan. Justin Kendal-Sadiq, who will be familiar to young audiences from his role as Andy Stevens in CBBC’s Secret Life of Boys, plays Omar, an eight year old with a wild imagination, a big heart and a knack for getting in trouble. Completing the cast as Umar Butt as Dad; Isobel Coward as…
Conductor: Karel Deseure Recently the Orchestra of Opera North has developed the habit of giving their concerts for the Kirklees Concert Season the name of the main work. On the strength of the orchestra’s glorious response to Karel Deseure’s sensitive and joyful reading of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 you have to agree with the policy. Not that the first half made no impact. The first of two sizeable works, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, was fun, to use a term seldom trotted out at classical concerts. Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes presented Stravinsky with a selection of pieces thought to be by the…
Director: Amy Tinkham Music Director: Giles Martin 100 years ago it all started with a mouse. Well, it actually started with a rabbit and how lovely that this show acknowledges that briefly. Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic is touring the UK, celebrating the music and animated films that Disney has produced over the last 100 years. This concert is truly joyous. Creative Director Amy Tinkham has worked wonders to bring together film and live orchestral music in this incredibly polished concert celebration of some of the most beloved music in the world. The show demonstrates immense creativity. It isn’t just…
Sheffield Theatres Artistic Director Elizabeth Newman and CEO Tom Bird have announced details of the 2026/27 season. With this newly announced season, Sheffield Theatres continues to grow in the strength and scale of its ambition to engage audiences and artists across its four auditoria, foyers, rehearsal rooms, across the city and beyond. Major revivals The new season includes a double-bill of Shakespeare in the Crucible with two major new productions brought to the stage by a company of actors across both titles, in association with MGC, which marks a reunion for Sheffield Theatres and former Artistic Director Michael Grandage. The…
From the BAFTA Award-winning co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Jonathan Lynn comes the long-awaited final chapter of British political satire. Jim Hacker is back – older, but perhaps not wiser, and still utterly baffled by the real world. Hoping for a quiet retirement from Government as the master of Hacker College, Oxford, Jim instead finds himself facing the ultimate modern crisis: cancelled by the college committee. Enter Sir Humphrey Appleby, who has lost none of his love for bureaucracy, Latin phrases, and well-timed obstruction. Can Humphrey and Jim out manoeuvre the hostile students, the Fellows, and reality itself? Or is it finally…