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Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty -Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa, Peter Wright Reviewer: Helen Tope A ballet with an unrivalled pedigree, Sleeping Beauty is the classic…
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Cirque
Best of BE FESTIVAL – Circomedia, Bristol
Reviewer: Julia Beasley The fabulously floodlit church of St Paul in Portland Square is the perfect venue for this trio…
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Ballet
Sleeping Beauty – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Peter Wright Director: David Bintley Reviewer: Barbara Michaels One of the…
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Contemporary
Tango Moderno – New Theatre, Cardiff
Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone Director: Karen Bruce Choreography: Karen Bruce with Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone Reviewer: Barbara Michaels…
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Drama
Winter Solstice – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Writer: Roland Schimmerlpfennig Translator: David Tushingham Director: Alice Malin Reviewer: Kelyn Luther It’s Christmas Eve; all is not calm and…
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Drama
Sunset Boulevard – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Director: Nikolai Foster Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Book / Lyrics: Don Black / Christopher Hampton Reviewer: Helen Tope Evocative and…
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Drama
Richard III Redux OR Sara Beer (is/not) Richard III – Chapter, Cardiff
Director: Phillip Zarrilli Playwright: Kate O’Reilly Reviewer: Emily Pearce Sara Beer’s personality and incredulity at an unknowingly ignorant society shines…
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Comedy
The Cherry Orchard – Bristol Old Vic
Writer: Anton Chekhov Designer: Tom Piper Director: Michael Boyd Reviewer: Julia Beasley What do you do when you’re broke? This…
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Musical
Hairspray – Bristol Hippodrome
Writer: Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan Director: Paul Kerryson Choreographer: Drew McOnie Music/ Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Reviewer: Scarlet Wildhorn Since…
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Comedy
Clockwork Canaries -Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Writer: Christopher William Hill Director: Luke Kernaghan Reviewer: Joan Phillips Billed as a bloodthirsty comedy, Clockwork Canaries struggles to completely…
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