Since closing in 1994, Grimethorpe Colliery has become something of a muse for artists. Having already inspired Richard Thompson’s song “Last Shift” (bleak even by

In 2023, it’s probably fair to say that Roy Orbison does not enjoy the same level of fame as some of his rock ‘n’ roll

Longborough proves yet again that you don’t need a mega-budget to stage a Wagner opera successfully, not even when the composer calls in its climactic

It seems like a good idea—to tell the story of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the servants, all women, and to jolly things along with

It’s back. Buddy is in the house and packing them in… again. A perennial favourite, Alan Janes’s 30+-year-old just-shy-of-a-jukebox-musical, docudrama charts the gangly, bespectacled maverick’s

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At the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the audience was treated to an entrancing journey through Laurie Lee’s interwar years. Anton Lessor and Charlie Hamblett brought dramatic

I don’t think I have been quite as excited to go and see a theatrical “event” as I was this night. Partly due to the

This Invisible Man has nothing to do with H G Wells’s science fiction story or any of its cinematic spin-offs. It is the original creation

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The cartoon Spongebob Squarepants originated in the USA, which does not have a pantomime tradition. Moving the cartoon to the stage, therefore, results in a sophisticated, glossy