Reviews

Tom Wells’ charmingly eccentric comedy-drama has been taken on by EUTCO, and it’s safe to say that the theatre company has done the play justice. The play explores themes of …

In a rare spell of unusual sunshine, I found myself walking with my housemates to the Quay to witness probably the best band in the world (if you didn’t catch …

Online Arts and Lit Editor, Ellie Cook, shares her thoughts on Theatre With Teeth’s brand-new take on one of literature’s towering figures.

UoE Shakespeare Society’s staging of Much Ado About Nothing opens with verve: May Macleod, who plays Audrey, sings in the dim red-purplish light of what could be the club room …

I ought to preface this review with the statement “I do not speak any German”. Although one of my personal goals for my year abroad is to learn German, at this …

When he was 15, David Ralfe loved a girl called Kate. Well, to be precise, he “loved her he loved her he loved her” (exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark.) …

Have you ever dreamed of immersing yourself in the world of traditional Japan? Although set closer to our modern age at the start of the twentieth century, the Welsh National Opera’s …

The curtain, well it never rose on Northanger Abbey. The stage was already visible as you sat down, beautifully set with bluey-lilac screens and ornate chandeliers, it was a quintessentially …

There is a saying throughout the theatrical world, immortalised in song by Queen, “The Show Must Go On”. Never is this truer than when the hapless thespians of the Cornley …

Based on the real-life events of writer Kay Mellor’s mother, A Passionate Woman was a short, albeit sweet story of love, loss and family. Settling into the theatre, the story …