Igglepiggle? A Bit In The Middle
If you’ve been in the presence of a toddler for any length of time over the last decade or so you’re probably all too aware of who Igglepiggle is. No doubt his name song is etched into the back of your brain on loop like it is with me. I’m not entirely sure what it […]
Piaf – A Surprise Gem of a Show
If anyone was to ask me to describe my ideal kind of show, I would say ‘something clever, fast paced, compelling, with great live music’. Sometimes you go to a production pretty much knowing this is what you’re getting, for example when I finally get to see the Broadway hit ‘Come From Away’. Sometimes, however, […]
Stephen Sondheim : A Little Night Music
An Opera North co-production with Leeds Playhouse. As both composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, throughout an illustrious career, has been much lauded for reinventing the American musical. After so long an absence from the theatre, this splendid remake of A Little Night Music, a co-production of Opera North and West Yorkshire Playhouse under James Brining‘s […]
The Damned United review: An important piece of Leeds footballing history on stage
Brian Clough’s 1974 ill-fated managerial tenure at Leeds United has been turned into a book, a film and most recently a stage play. This week, I had the pleasure of seeing the show in person at Leeds Playhouse. After recently speaking to Red Ladder Theatre Company producer, Chris Lloyd and Luke Dickson, the actor playing […]
A Dog’s Tale – Mikron Theatre Company
The Mikron Theatre Company, founded in 1972, is a theatre company from the Yorkshire village of Marsden, who tour by canal boat and road, appearing at 130 different venues.These venues are often those that other theatre companies would not consider using, such as in allotments, in restaurants and at RNLI lifeboat stations. In 2020, the […]
