by | Oct 20, 2016 | Theatre
Mentioning The Woman in Black is like regaling a ghost story that you’d heard as a child. Most people will have heard it, those that have heard are scared of it and those that haven’t will listen wide eyed as you recount the tale of Mrs Drablow and The Woman in...
by | May 25, 2016 | Theatre
It’s just a jump to the left, and then a step to the wonderfully weird. To say you’ve never seen The Rocky Horror Show is akin to some as saying you’ve never seen Dirty Dancing. As a show which has truly reached cult status be prepared to be...
by | May 11, 2016 | Theatre
When the curtain came up on the opening night of Hairspray UK Tour at the Regent Theatre in Hanley to Tracy Tumblad’s (Freya Sutton) performing the opening number Good Morning Baltimore, I was sure I was the only person in the auditorium who had no clue what...
by | Jan 21, 2016 | Theatre
Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start… The Sound of Music isn’t just a musical, nor is it just a film, it’s a story that is embroiled in many people’s history or childhood, much like it was mine. If you...
by | Jul 22, 2015 | Theatre
Mention East is East in a room full of people and the majority of them will recite their own chosen quote from the show, usually a toss up between “mam, dad, the pakis are here!” and “make bloody show of me!” in a faux Salford or Asian accent...