If you love courtroom drama, then The Verdict is probably one of the best—and even if like me it’s not really your favourite genre, this is still a cracking production of one of the most famous in the field. Written as a novel in 1980 by an American lawyer, Barry Reed, it was adapted for… Continue reading The Verdict
Month: April 2023
Spitting Image musical to get West End transfer
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World, now known as Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical, which premièred at Birmingham Rep in 2023, is to transfer to the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End. Written by Al Murray, Matt Forde and Sean Foley, Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image the Musical is directed by the Rep’s artistic director Foley alongside a… Continue reading Spitting Image musical to get West End transfer
“Darkly comic family drama” comes to life at the Belgrade
Midlands-born performers Alexia McIntosh and Kieran Hamilton-Amos will join Belgrade Theatre creative director Corey Campbell in Big Aunty, directed and devised by Campbell, which will be the first home-produced show of the Belgrade’s spring season. McIntosh appeared in the Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss musical Six in the West End and on its UK tour… Continue reading “Darkly comic family drama” comes to life at the Belgrade
Seeking young dancers of future
The Lowry and its Centre for Advanced Training hold their annual recruitment drive for young dancers on June 11. It’s for aspiring young movers aged 11–16 from across the North West, who are passionate about dance and interested in exploring this art form further, even pursuing a career. In advance of the audition, young people… Continue reading Seeking young dancers of future
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
This lively musical, originally commissioned by Singapore Repertory Theatre, where it premièred in 2015, is based on a Norwegian fairytale collected by Hans Anderson. It is the tale of three hungry goats who have nothing to eat because there has been no rain and the grass in their fields has dried up. On the other… Continue reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Black Superhero
Olivier-nominated actor Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play as a dramatist centres on mixed-race gay black-activist actor David (played by Wynter) and some of his closest friends, also gay black actors. Most important is King (Dyllón Burnside, best known for his role in TV series Pose), for whom David has long carried a torch. King has… Continue reading Black Superhero
Hull Truck takes a twirl!
Hull Truck Theatre present everything from musicals to puppetry to plays this spring. With film screenings, workshops and events also happening this month, Hull Truck Theatre is looking forward to once again bringing local communities together to enjoy a variety of work—both on and off stage. Kick off with musical Footloose (April 5–8), by the Northern Academy of… Continue reading Hull Truck takes a twirl!
Live Theatre’s reading schedule
Live Theatre, the Newcastle Quayside venue hosts a mini season throughout April. The first reading April 13, will be Nina Berry’s The Taxi Driver’s Daughter. A celebration of Julia Darling on the anniversary of her death, based on Darling’s novel. Live Theatre audiences voted for plays they would wish to return and Wet House by Paddy Campbell was… Continue reading Live Theatre’s reading schedule
A Manchester Girlhood revisited
Pascal Theatre Company are staging a revival of Julia Pascal’s play A Manchester Girlhood, based on the lives of three Manchester Jewish women and their Romanian immigrant parents. It opens at Blackpool Old Electric Theatre April 20, Manchester Jewish Museum April 23, followed by London dates at Burgh House May 17 and a run at JW3… Continue reading A Manchester Girlhood revisited
Protest on Northern Stage
Protest is a new play from Hannah Lavery coming to Northern Stage, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. It follows the lives of three young girls as they learn to use their voices and take a stand against injustices in their community. Aimed at young people aged 8 and up, and their grown-ups, the play is an… Continue reading Protest on Northern Stage