If the ending of The Taming of the Shrew is problematic, and hence an interesting challenge for directors, the ending of Shakespeare’s early comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona is doubly […]
In Review: The Unsociables
The Unsociables Congratulations to Director Louise Ingham, writers Steve Fairclough, Jack Hathaway, Ann Wilson and Lawrence Wilson and the entire Dukes Young Company and Dukes Young Actors (all 30 of […]
In review: The Hound of the Baskervilles
The question that must most often come to the mind of any Sherlock Holmes fan about to see this as a stage production is surely ‘But how will they do […]
In Review: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is probably a play best performed by teenagers. Or so I was convinced after watching the opening night of the Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School/Lancaster Royal Grammar School […]
In Review: The BFG
Robert Pickavance is The BFG at The Dukes While Roald Dahl’s children’s novel The Big Friendly Giant is full of witty wordplay and dialogue which transfers well to the stage, […]
In Review: We are Three Sisters
Northen Broadsides’ production of Blake Morrison’s new play We are Three Sisters, directed by Barrie Rutter, which focusses on the lives of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte as young adults, […]
In Review: Cabaret
The cast of Cabaret, this year’s joint musical show from students of Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School. Photo: John Charles Taylor (www.jctaylor.co.uk) Liza Minelli and Michael […]
In Review: Beaumont Dance Company’s “Targetted”
Probably only someone who is not a dancer (like me) would try to define what dance is, but I’ll have a go: people making pleasing shapes with the body, to […]
In Review: Quicksand
Curtis Cole as Leo and Cristina Catalina as Elka in Quicksand Produced by The Dukes and Theatre by the Lake, written by Zosia Wand and directed by Joe Sumsion, Quicksand […]
In Review: Chess
The huge amount of information on the internet about Chess shows that critical reception of this 1980s musical has been mixed. Despite going along with an open mind and in […]