“…a bruising, beautifully acted production about the stories we inherit…” Fences by August Wilson, Leeds Playhouse By Sean Sable As a young child, I had a very sloppy grip on the truth. I often think this is true for a […]
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Christine and Lois Mackie on mothers and daughters, the importance of drama & Moustache-gate By Sean Sable Rona Munro’s award-winning prison drama Iron is a story of absence and reconnection. Fay has spent 15 years serving a life sentence for […]
“…a deliciously old-school thriller…” Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott, Harrogate Theatre By Sean Sable A love for murder mysteries is in my blood. My grandmother, a stately woman who did not own a sofa to sit upon, but […]
Christopher Marney on Ghostly Theatres, Defying Expectations & Being in the Room with John Neumeier When London City Ballet returns to York Theatre Royal this September, it does so with a programme that looks simultaneously backwards and forwards. At its […]
“…a joyously glitchy triumph of absurdist comedy…” Technical Difficulties by Joe Venable (writer and co-lyricist) and Samuel Macdonald (composer and co-lyricist), Hull Truck Theatre By Sean Sable The first play I ever had a line in was a youth theatre […]
“…a love letter to two country legends…” The Ballad of Johnny and June by Des McAnuff and Robert Cary, Grand Opera House York By Sean Sable I grew up on one of the finest record collections of all time. When […]
“…as joyously funny as it is confronting…” Sh*t Life Crisis by Olivia Hannah, Hull Truck Theatre By Sean Sable Blaze of Glory by Bon Jovi. It’s my go-to karaoke song. I don’t care where I am, or how sober I […]
“…a show with a zany heart and a love for the absurd…” Birdbrained by Sketchy Gooses at The Library, Woodhouse, Leeds By Sean Sable My formative teenage years were marked by a near bacchanal of bootleg videos. I knew all […]
“…beautiful, warm-hearted story of unexpected love and sacrifice…” The Sound of Music by Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre By Sean SableIn the ancient bygone days of the 1980s, watching a movie at home was dark magic. You were either subject […]
“…filled with heart, style and bigger-than-life musical numbers…” Guys and Dolls by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, Joseph Rowntree Theatre By Sean Sable I’m not sure if I first heard it as part of an advert, or if I downloaded […]
“…a fever-dream riot of laughs…” Oh Zeus! by John Nicholson, Cast Doncaster By Sean Sable It is no exaggeration to say that I am practically a comedy sommelier. With a childhood resplendent with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, A Bit of […]
“…Funny, emotional, and ultimately tragic…” Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare, York Theatre Royal By Sean Sable You want to know what was definitely not on my bingo card this year? An erotic love story with puppets. I mean, I […]
Tim Foley on jobsworth astronauts, the SETI biscuit tin, and why he doesn’t need Anne Hathaway on the moon. By Sean Sable Tim Foley is a Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright whose work has a habit of smuggling big ideas into intimate […]
“…big-hearted and musically accomplished…” Brassed Off by Mark Herman adapted by Paul Allen, Leeds Playhouse By Sean Sable When I was a kid, my older sister was something of a piano prodigy. She could play by ear at six, and […]
“…a dazzling, sing-along celebration of love and friendship…” MAMMA MIA! by Catherine Johnson, Leeds Grand Theatre By Sean Sable Want to know the worst thing about my husband? He doesn’t like ABBA. This, we can all agree, is not only […]
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