Review: Pretty When I’m Drunk
Perfectly suited to the intimate atmosphere of the Alec Clegg Studio, the writing and acting had the audience laughing from start to end. An impressive production by the Open Theatre Society 5 Stars 1st December Open Theatre Society Pretty When I’m Drunk was the funniest play to be shown at Stage@Leeds for a long time. Written [...]
Review: Annie
West Yorkshire Playhouse Directed by Nikolai Foster Starring: Verity Rushworth, Duncan Preston 21st November – 21st January 4/5 Annie was never going to be an easy show to pull off. Not only is there over thirty years of history to live up to, the cast also includes children and dogs – both notoriously difficult to [...]
Review: Top Hat
Leeds Grand Theatre Rating: 5/5 Even before the show starts, an overwhelming sense of glitz and glamour cocoons you. Leeds Grand Theatre is like being inside a jewellery box. The décor is lavish but beautiful. Sitting on the balcony, the huge crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling brings attention to the gorgeous vaulting, surrounded by [...]
Interview: Nathan McMullen
Are you excited to have the lead in Jack and the Beanstalk or is this a daunting prosepect? No I’m excited but just because the names in the title, I don’t necessarily see myself as the lead role, its very much an ensemble piece as a company. This isn’t the first time you’ve played West [...]
Review: The Wild Bride
West Yorkshire Playhouse Kneehigh Rating: 5/5 The devil dabbles in more than just folk music in the Kneehigh production ‘The Wild Bride’ but is adamant to ruin the life of a perfectly happy young girl, our bride. The tiny cast of this magical but also eerie show all double as a kind of folk band [...]
Theatre: The Seagull
Igrat Theatre Labratories Stage @Leeds 23-26 November 4 Stars Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull proved to be a success for Igrat Theatre Laboratories, who had promised an unconventional take on the play and production. The play follows a group of artists: Arkadina, the old actress, her younger novelist lover Boris, her son Kostya [...]
Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah : Hide and Seek
Left Bank Leeds 17th November 4 Stars This company knows how to engage children, but their theatre transcends the classroom and works effectively as interactive theatre for people of any age. The Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah is a brilliant, yet understated, collection of people whose passion lies in creating theatre for, and with, children. [...]
LS2 Interviews: Verity Rushworth
You’re from Yorkshire and played Donna in Emmerdale for 10 years. Was playing completely different roles in theatre a challenge for you when you left the soap? Yeah definitely a challenge, I always wanted to do theatre growing up. Because I’d played the same character for 10 years I wanted to play different characters, to [...]
Noises Off
A Theatre Group Production Riley Smith Hall, Leeds University 16-19th November 5 Stars Written in 1982 the idea for Noises Off came to its writer, Micheal Frayn , when he was back stage at another play he had written and observed “it was funnier from behind than in front”. Noises Off perfectly illustrates how [...]