Cinderella

Once again, a joyful, fun-filled panto has arrived at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. This time, Cinderella has rolled into town on her flying pumpkin carriage,

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A Christmas Carol

Two marquee names—Dickens and Marie Jones—combine for A Christmas Carol, this year’s seasonal offering on the main stage of Belfast’s Lyric Theatre. Translated to Victorian Belfast,

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Blithe Spirit

When I reviewed Seattle Rep’s The Skin of Our Teeth, and mentioned I’d never attended any productions of it after fifty years of watching and

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Romeo a Juliet

Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers, and their bitterly antagonistic families meet on stage in a completely new, award-winning version from Ballet Cymru, the Cardiff-based

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The Producers

Framed posters announcing a Hamlet musical, which closes after one night, a red plush curtain, this is penny-pinching fringe theatre for producer Max Bialystock who

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Miracle on 34th Street

Even when it was first conceived, Valentine Davies’s story Miracle on 34th Street was steeped in nostalgia, a yearning for happier, simpler times when belief in Santa

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