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Drama
Spring Reign – Studio Theatre, Harrogate
Writer: Rob Johnston Producer/Director: Benedict Power Composer/Musician: Chris Davies Designer: Meriel Pym Reviewer: Ron Simpson Benedict Power’s concept is a…
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Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Triple Bill – Theatre Royal, York
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan/Hans van Manen/John Cranko Design: Desmond Heeley/Jean-Paul Vroom/Osbert Lancaster Reviewer: Ron Simpson Birmingham Royal Ballet is currently touring…
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Drama
Richard III – Hull Truck Theatre
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Barrie Rutter Designer: Neil Murray Musical Director: Conrad Nelson Reviewer: Ron Simpson The staging of Richard…
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Drama
In at the Deep End – Square Chapel, Halifax
Writer: Laurence Peacock Director: Stefan Escreet Composer/Musical Director: Rebekah Hughes Designer: Kate Morton Reviewer: Ron Simpson More often encountered in…
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Drama
Swansea City Opera: Lakme – Harrogate Theatre
Composer: Leo Delibes Director/Set Designer: Brendan Wheatley Conductor: John Beswick Costume Designer: Gabriella Ingram Reviewer: Ron Simpson Leo Delibes’ 1883…
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Comedy
Stand Up Stand Up – Theatre Royal, Wakefield
Writer/Director: Jim Cartwright Reviewer: Ron Simpson It is a wonderful achievement for a theatre of the size of Wakefield’s Theatre…
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Drama
Shakers – East Riding Theatre, Beverley
Writers: John Godber, Jane Thornton Director: John Godber Set/Lighting: Graham Kirk Reviewer: Ron Simpson Shakers, written by John Godber and…
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Childrens
Gangsta Granny – The Grand, Leeds
Writer: David Walliams Adaptor and Director: Neal Forest Reviewer: Beverley Haigh Birmingham Stage Company, the team behind Horrible Histories have…
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Dance
Dirty Dancing – The Alhambra, Bradford
Writer: Eleanor Bergstein Music Supervisor: Conrad Helfrich Director: Federico Bellone Choreographer: Gillian Bruce Reviewer: Sue Collier Dirty Dancing is set…
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Concert
Turandot – Town Hall, Leeds
Music: Giacomo Puccini (Act III – Franco Alfano) Director: Annabel Arden Reviewer: Dawn Smallwood Turandot is last of Puccini’s operas…
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