Reviews

Steve Sutherland reviews Snow Queen, Playbox Theatre at the Dream Factory, Warwick, 31 st December Of all the many talents lost to the world in 2018,…

It’s New Year, and so traditionally a time of mass neurosis. We worry about our weight, fitness, wellbeing, post-Christmas bank balance, red meat consumption,…

Steve Newman reviews Handel’s Messiah, A Sacred Oratorio, Stratford-upon-Avon Choral Society with The Regency Sinfonia, Holy Trinity Church, 15th December George…

Gold, talking sense and mirth: Steve Sutherland reviews Timon of Athens on at the RSC Swan Theatre, until 22nd February There’s a neat symmetry to the…

THE secret to a good panto is providing laughs for the children as well as the mums, dads, and grandparents. It’s not easy. Cue Larry Grayson and Tommy…

Sandy Holt reviews Wilson Robert's Friends, Levi Fox Hall, King Edward VI School, 16th December A surprise performance by RSC actor David Bradley (who…

Sarah Halford reviews A Christmas Carol at the RSC, which runs until 20th January DICKENS would be heartbroken and ecstatic at the RSC’s production of…

Elizabeth Hardy reviews The Lady's Mad at Holy Trinity, 1st December We have seen the turbulent 1640s dramatised very recently in the RSC’s 2017 Mischief…

UpDownSizing, Wellesbourne Village Hall, 25th November There’s too many ‘yummy mummy bloggers’ writing about their precious infants and their perfect…

Simon Woodings reviews the talk by Michael Parkinson a week ago Saturday at King Edward VI School as part of the Stratford Literary Festival autumn events FOR…

Gill Sutherland reviews Troilus and Cressida, The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, until 17th November Most people aren’t that bothered about Troilus and Cressida,…

Steve Sutherland reviews the school production which ran from 18th to 19th October “Rackety-coo, there’s blood in the shoe, there’s blood in the shoe…” Chipping…

Chris Smith reviews Nativity! The Musical, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Runs until 28 October I ADMIT that I can a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to the…

Steve Sutherland reviews Monkey at Playbox Theatre (6th October) ahead of its performance at the Santa Monica Playhouse Festival Way back in the early…

WHERE'S ALL THE POLITICS GONE? Steve Sutherland reviews Maydays at The Other Place, as part of the Making Mischief Festival, on until 20th October During…

IMPRESSIVE has to be an understatement when describing Tread the Boards’ adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, currently playing at Stratford’s…

Steve Sutherland reviews Tamburlaine, which is on at the RSC Swan Theatre until 1st December One of the more amusing stories to resurface on the internet…

ANY production at The Attic Theatre should be considered a roaring success simply by virtue of the constraints that the cast have to work to in this,…

Steve Sutherland reviews The Merry Wives of Windsor, on at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until 22nd September Esration. There’s a word for you. Esration.…

‘Captivating and glorious’ says reviewer Preston Witts RICHARD STRAUSS’S opera Ariadne auf Naxos could easily be subtitled ‘A lighter look at Greek Tragedy’. Along…