Imagine finding yourself trapped in a lift with four strangers, all from completely different walks of life; what would you do? Would you wait it out in awkward silence, or would you pass the time […]
Reasons to Stay Alive: A Triumph in Bringing to Life a Story About Near Death
Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive, part autobiography/part self-help book, discloses the author’s journey with depression and road towards recovery. Sarah Mortimore reviews the play and catches up with Janet Etuk, who plays Andrea, Matt’s […]
Theatre Group’s Dorian Gray – Gay, Tense, and Wilde
Matthew Jefferey reviews Theatre Group’s adaptational production of The Picture of Dorian Grey, and sits down with director Eve Walton to find out about the creative process behind it all.
The Farce is Back: Open Theatre’s Wright Off Review
Rory Yeates review Open Theatre’s latest production, ‘Wright Off’.
In The Middle with Inua Ellams
Jo Haywood sits down with playwright, poet and performer Inua Ellams ahead of the return of his smash-hit Barber Shop Chronicles to the Leeds Playhouse.
Hedda Gabler: Theatre Group‘s Tense and Thrilling Production Goes Off with a Bang
Matthew Jeffery reviews Theatre Group’s production of Hedda Gabler
The King and I: A Problem or a Prize?
A glorious concoction of musical nostalgia with intellectual intrigue, the Lincoln Center Theatre Production’s adaption of The King and I comes to Leeds Grand and proves a stellar opportunity to indulge in a night out […]
Theatre Review: Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto by Opera North.
Emma Rivers urges everyone to go and see Giulio Cesare by Opera North.
Review: ‘Fleabag’ at The National Theatre
If I was a fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge before, now I’m truly obsessed. The National Theatre’s production of her extraordinary one-woman show Fleabag, which she wrote and performed, is every bit as thrillingly dark, witty […]
The Seyi Omooba Debate: Do Religious Beliefs Excuse Homophobic Behaviour?
In March 2019, Seyi Omooba was cast in the part of Celie, the leading role in the upcoming production of The Color Purple at the Curve Theatre, Leicester– a show based off a 1982 novel […]
‘High School Musical- The Musical’ A Reboot Almost as Confusing as Inception?
Arts & Culture Editor Emily Parry questions if we really need a reboot of High School Musical?
What’s on at the Leeds Playhouse?
Lucy Woodhouse looks at what’s on at the Leeds Playhouse this autumn.