North East & Yorkshire
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Be my Baby – Leeds Playhouse, Pop-Up Theatre
Writer: Amanda Whittington Director: Jacqui Honess-Martin Musical Director: Richard Reeday Movement Director: Jenni Jackson Reviewer: Janet Jepson In the 1950s…
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All’s Well that Ends Well – Friargate Theatre, York
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Paul Burbridge Designers: Sean Cavanagh, Anna Gooch Music/Sound: Patrick Burbridge Reviewer: Ron Simpson York certainly does…
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A Day in the Life – Morley Town Hall
Composer/Project Lead: Kevin Malone Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North Conductor: Robert Guy Soloist: Andy Long (violin) Reviewer: Ron Simpson A…
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Opera North | Aida – Leeds Town Hall
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Libretto: Antonio Ghislanzoni Conductor: Sir Richard Armstrong Director: Annabel Arden Reviewer: Ron Simpson At 227 in the…
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Beryl – East Riding Theatre, Beverley
Writer: Maxine Peake Director: Marieke Audsley Lighting/Video: Simon Bedwell Set Designer: Ed Ullyart Reviewer: Ron Simpson It’s good to see…
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Cosi fan Tutte – Swansea City Opera at Harrogate Theatre
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Libretto: Lorenzo Da Ponte Translation: Ruth and Thomas Martin Director: Brendan Wheatley Conductor: John Beswick Designer:…
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Handbagged – Theatre Royal, York
Writer: Moira Buffini Director: Jo Newman Designer: Dawn Allsopp Reviewer: Ron Simpson Handbagged is a polished, civilized and sporadically very…
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Zara – The Piece Hall, Halifax
Director: Joyce Lee Reviewer: Jay Nuttall On the courtyard of Halifax’s eighteenth-century textile trading headquarters, The Piece Hall, are protesters…
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