Taking a film to stage can be a bit of a risk. Often what works well in films may not be easily be portrayed in front of a live audience much the same as books may not successfully be made into films. A lot of the time the films that have made it to stage have had a...
Return to the Forbidden Planet, a jukebox musical by playwright Bob Carlton, debuted in 1983 and has amassed a cult following. Written in the 80's and based in the 1950's the show returns this spring for a 25th anniversary tour and it's bigger and better than ever....
Before Grease, Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman became the chick flicks of my ears there were the chick flicks from the golden age of film. The films that your grandma would watch and swoon over the magic, the romance and probably the leading man. Calamity Jane is up...
When it comes to shows at the theatre, I'd class myself as "in the know" so when I heard that Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time was coming to the Regent Theatre In Stoke I embarassingly found myself drawing a blank. Taking ideas from the name I pictured...
Tuesday evening marked the official press night of Dick Whittington at the Regent Theatre - Stoke's Christmas panto and it was with great trepidation that in the spirit of panto I was trusted with (and was responsible for) two children under the age of 10 to accompany...
I'm going to begin this review of the eagerly anticipated War Horse at the Regent Theatre in Stoke with this: thisshowisabsolutelyamazingyouhavetobookyourticketsnowbegborroworstealthemoneytobuythemifyoudonthaveanymoneybecausethisshowgivesyouallofthefeels (if that...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s cult musical and it has come to Stoke-on-Trent. The musical, which stars X Factor Finalist Lloyd Daniels as the title role, retells the biblical story of Joseph, his eleven brothers and...
"You went to the theatre and you LAUGHED?" For those people who think the theatre is all men in tights and musty old plays about murder then there's a show in town (Stoke-on-Trent specifically) to rid you of your preconceptions and it comes in the form of One Man, Two...
Jason Manford is on the road again with his latest comedy offering "First World Problems" (named after that popular Twitter hashtag). His first sell out night at the Crewe Lyceum kept the locals (and those from further afield) well and truly entertained for the...
Let me start this post with an admission. I've never really been a fan of The Beatles (much to my dad's dismay) and despite enjoying a couple of their songs I've never quite "gotten" the buzz that surrounds them and the musical legacy they left behind, so when...