With news of North and South Korea’s leaders meeting for peace talks these past few days, it’s encouraging to know we may not be near the brink of war after all, but it does get you thinking about the impacts war would have on your everyday life.
JB Shorts never fails to deliver exceptional pieces of theatre, consisting of talented actors, writers, and directors from all different levels and experience of work. The collaboration of creativity is what makes this show very special indeed, and after previously reviewing the JB Shorts 18, I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth into the next one.
This new musical cites to be inspired by the life of rock legend Marc Bolan and is brought to the stage nearly four decades after the iconic star’s tragic death. It features some of the greatest pop songs ever written, 20th Century Boy tells the story of Marc Bolan and his band T.Rex, exposing some of the myths, looking behind the glitter, sequins and feather boas, taking the audience on an emotive, yet inclusive journey through Marc’s fascinating life.
Argentinian director Lola Arias has brought together six veterans of The Falklands / Las Malvinas war in 1982 to take to the stage as a living breathing documentary. Three veterans are British and three are Argentine.
Having very recently scooped School of the Year 2018 in The Stage Awards, the Royal Exchange Young Company have attracted a lot of attention with their new piece of gig theatre, ‘Mixtape’.
Tonight, saw a touch of Yorkshire head to Lancashire as Theatre Royal Wakefield and John Godber Company presented The Scary Bikers. A tale of Biking and Brexit with a good helping of humour.
Selladoor Productions new adaptation of Steinbeck’s most notable work was greeted by a healthy audience at its opening night at the Opera House in Manchester including a lot of younger faces. This may be because of its school syllabus popularity; I doubt there are many English students who have not spent time wondering how many metaphors Steinbeck could possibly cram into one book.
Based on the life of Russian-French painter Marc Chagall and his wife and muse Bella, Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk is an artistic tour-de-force.
Dyad Productions founded in 2009 by Rebecca Vaughan (Creative Producer) and Elton Townend Jones (Director/Writer), presented this show this evening based on the H G Wells novel. Elton wrote the play in 2016/17, taking the original and re-creating it for the stage. He kept the thrust of Wells original but attempted to update the questions raised by Wells and bring it more into the 21st century.
Tonight I watched Spring Awakening at Hope Mill Theatre. I was very excited to see how such a big musical would be performed in one of Manchester’s smaller theatres, and was blown away by the performance.
Spring was definitely in the air in central Manchester this evening, and the light evening and warm air felt like the perfect backdrop for the arrival of 'Hairspray' at the Opera House for a two week run over the Easter period. This cult 1988 John Waters movie was turned into a Tony award winning Broadway sensation in 2002, and has been delighting audiences with its catchy tunes and upbeat message ever since.
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