Alice in Wonderland has been a part of our collective consciousness since the book’s original release in 1865. Iconic characters like the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, and […]
Category: Off-Campus
Review: Murder, Margaret and Me – York Theatre Royale
Philip Meeks’s play about an against-odds friendship between the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, and the actress who performed Miss Marple’s first appearance on-screen, Margaret Rutherford, is a warm delight. […]
Review: Omid Djalili: Shmuck for a Night
Omid Djalili’s newest stand up show, ‘Shmuck for a Night’, came to York for one night only last week. Playing to a nearly full York Royal Opera House, the show […]
Review: The Great Gatsby
Don your feather boa, grab your martini and let the Guild of Misrule’s immersive adaption of Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby transport you into a world of jazz and debauchery. […]
Review: Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.” Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic novel, ‘Frankenstein’ was brought to life by The Flanagan Collective […]
Review: Spamalot
Allow me to set the scene – King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have been given their quest by God to seek the Holy Grail. Along the […]
Review: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
The English Touring Theatre and Sheffield Theatres brought D.H Lawrence’s controversial and censured masterpiece, Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1928) to life on 25th October at the York Theatre Royal. The script had […]
York Mystery Plays: Review – 07/06/2016
For nearly 700 years, the York Mystery Plays have told the story from creation through to judgement, for York’s residents and tourists. This year, for only the second time since […]
Preview: King Lear
The Grand Opera House, York is to blow its doors open with a storm fuelled production of Shakespeare’s blasted tragedy King Lear. The Ambassador Theatre Group are presenting the tour […]
Review: The 39 Steps – Grand Opera House, York
Olivier Award-winning Comedy “The 39 Steps” has come to York as part of a tour celebrating the show’s 10th anniversary. Having seen films and TV dramatisations of this story, I […]