Review by Emily Smith FRINGE favourites the Head First Acrobats are back in Perth with their western-style mix of circus tricks and saucy antics, RAILED. Buff, beautiful, and barely dressed Harley, AJ, Richard, and Alex filled The Vault at FRINGE’s Pleasure Garden with an hour of laughter and raucous cheering last night. There were a… Continue reading Review: RAILED at the FRINGE Pleasure Garden
Month: January 2024
Review: Colossal at the FRINGE Pleasure Garden
Review by Emily Smith Patrick McPherson’s one-man play doesn’t give much away in its bio, other than being about love stories. I now know this isn’t to maintain an air of mystery but actually because the show is so hard to pin down or fit into a neat box. Nevertheless, I shall do my best… Continue reading Review: Colossal at the FRINGE Pleasure Garden
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre announces Tim Sheader’s final season
Sean McLoughlin’s debut play I Am Steven Gerrard will run at Hope Street Theatre in Liverpool 24–28 January 2024. This one-man play is performed by Joe Cowin and directed by Amy Roberts, whose recent credits include A Pretty Sh*tty Love at Theatr Clwyd and One Man Poe for Threedumb Theatre. It is described as “a… Continue reading Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre announces Tim Sheader’s final season
Back to the Future the Musical further extends West End run
Back to the Future the Musical has further extended its run at London’s Adelphi Theatre until the winter this year. The show, which first opened at the theatre in September 2021, announced it is booking for performances until December 22, on the day it celebrates its 1,000th performance in the West End. Based on the… Continue reading Back to the Future the Musical further extends West End run
Musical to have UK première at Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Rep is to stage the UK première of new musical Becoming Nancy—a “coming-of-age story that has a huge heart”. Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell was returning to New York from the UK in 2013 and came across Terry Ronald’s book Becoming Nancy at Heathrow Airport. By the time he had reached the US, he knew… Continue reading Musical to have UK première at Birmingham Rep
Hippodrome’s record panto audiences
Jack and the Beanstalk, Birmingham Hippodrome’s 2023–24 panto, attracted record numbers of people—120,000 during its six-week run. Jon Gilchrist, the Hippodrome’s artistic director and chief executive, said, “this is an amazing start to our 125th year. Our pantomime is truly one of the best in the country and I’m thrilled that so many people have… Continue reading Hippodrome’s record panto audiences
La Strada
A two-act dance theatre work based on Federico Fellini’s 1954 film La Strada (The Road), the lead, simple soul (and soul is the right word) Gelsomina (played by his wife Giulietta Masina in the film) performed by one of my favourite ballerinas, Alina Cojocaru, formerly with Royal Ballet and ENB… who couldn’t be more suitable for the… Continue reading La Strada
The Last One
A tale of closeness, community and climate change, The Last One is an affecting piece of theatre that neither preaches nor lectures but still gets its message across with power. Set in an unnamed, theoretically unremarkable seaside town, the monologue follows the life of Bess Malone, beginning in the aftermath of a single dodgy decision… Continue reading The Last One