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North East & Yorkshire
Turn of the Screw – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Writer: Henry James Adaptor: Tim Luscombe Director: Daniel Buckroyd Designer: Sara Perks Reviewer: Ron Simpson Henry James’ novella, The Turn…
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Drama
The Band – The Grand, Leeds
Writer: Tim Firth Director: Kim Gavin and Jack Rider Featuring the music of Take That Reviewer: Ruth Jepson What do…
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Drama
The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Writer: Daniel Jamieson Director: Emma Rice Reviewer: Jay Nuttall “I want to waste the rest of my life with you,”…
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Drama
Madama Butterfly – Bradford Alhambra
Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica Music: Giacomo Puccini Director: Ellen Kent Reviewer: Ray Taylor At its first performance in…
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Ballet
Las Hermanas/Concerto/Gloria – Leeds Grand
Music: Frank Martin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Francis J.M. Poulenc Producer: Antony Dowson Reviewer: Dawn Smallwood To celebrate the late Sir Kenneth…
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Drama
Medea Maria – Theatre Royal, York
Director/Designer: Alexander Kaniewski Composer: Helen Madden Musical Director: Robert Fisher Reviewer: Ron Simpson Medea Maria is an ambitious new work…
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Rigoletto – Bradford Alhambra
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave Music: Giuseppe Verdi Director: Ellen Kent Reviewer: Ray Taylor It’s a sobering thought to learn that…
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Drama
The Magic Flute – CAST, Doncaster
Writer: Glyn Maxwell Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestrator: Alex Beetschen Director: Valentina Ceschi Musical Director: David Keefe Designer: Emma Bailey…
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Childrens
George’s Marvellous Medicine – West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Writer: Roald Dahl Adaptor: David Wood Director: Julia Thomas Music: Tasha Taylor-Johnson Reviewer: Beverley Haigh Following the success of previous…
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Drama
Good People – East Riding Theatre, Beverley
Writer: David Lindsay-Abaire Director: Adrian Rawlins Set Design: Ed Ullyart Lighting: Simon Bedwell Reviewer: Ron Simpson In the publicity for…
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