“… a thought-provoking play…” Close Enough to Touch by Henry Roberts, Leeds Playhouse By Helen Kelly Walking into the Bramall Rock Void theatre you see on the stage a bus shelter with a glass back, sitting in front of it […]
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After taking the West End by storm in summer 2025, Burlesque the Musical is coming to Sheffield! From executive producer Christina Aguilera and written by Steven Antin, and starring Faye Brookes (Coronation Street, Chicago), Burlesque invites you to a club like no other: a hidden world beneath the […]
Are you ready to have your heart warmed? Leeds-based theatre company Tutti Frutti is bringing Red Robin’s Winter Song – a joy-filled new children’s play by award-winning author and playwright Manjeet Mann – to Leeds Playhouse for the festive season. […]
Following sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, Soho Theatre and Live Theatre Newcastle, comedy queens Your Aunt Fanny are back with Crease, their brand-new hour-long sketch show. Crease is a heady treat of Your Aunt Fanny’s sharpest, smartest and most […]
“…lavish, moving, and devastating…” English National Ballet – Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Palace Theatre Manchester By Christopher Balmer Some stories don’t merely entertain us; they act as quiet reckonings. We return to Romeo and Juliet not for surprises, […]
Punk theatre performers In Bed With My Brother bring Philosophy of the World to the Courtyard Theatre on 17 November. Ridiculed then revered, The Shaggs defied categorisation. Now, the anarchic trio behind In Bed With My Brother, attempt to wrangle […]
Sheffield Theatres and Evolution Productions present their spectacular pantomime Cinderella at the Lyceum Theatre, with first photos of the cast in action! Cinderella starsStrictly champion Ore Oduba, CBeebies superstar Andy Day, EastEnders and Hollyoaks’ Rita Simons and Sheffield Legend Damian […]
“…bawdy, beautiful and far more fun than a tragedy has any right to be…” Rigoletto by Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre By Sean Sable The pathetic fallacy. How can the best literary device of all time (I will go to […]
After its sellout ‘Pay what you can’ performance last year, Opera North today launches a ‘Pay what you can’ Rigoletto, enabling people to enjoy a night at the opera at a price which suits them. Verdi’s popular classic will be […]
“…a magnificent comedy…” Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield By Phil Scown With its thrust stage The Crucible is Sheffield’s own Globe Theatre. This is very fitting for this Shakespeare comedy. And it is a comedy, with very […]
Henry is a writer, playwright and photographer. Originally from Lancashire, he is now based in London. In 2025 and 2026, he was longlisted for The Observer / Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism. Henry’s plays have been performed at Theatre503, Riverside […]
When you’re thinking of what makes a typical theatre show, a few things may come to mind – a defined script, a clear storyline, realistic characters brought to life on stage by a team of actors. For the Sheffield-based collective […]
When Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap originally premiered in 1952, Elizabeth II had just become queen, wartime rationing was still in effect, the BBC was the only TV broadcaster, and Vera Lynn topped the charts with “Auf Wiederseh’n, Sweetheart”. Yet, remarkably, […]
“…a beautiful evening of grand emotions and glorious music…” Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, based on the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin, Leeds Grand Theatre By Sean Sable Pushkin and I have a lot in common: we are both Russian men […]
Tutti Frutti is taking Red Robin’s Winter Song, a brand-new children’s play by award-winning author and playwright Manjeet Mann, on tour this autumn. The Leeds-based children’s theatre company is producing this joy-filled winter story for young children and their families. […]
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