There have been a wide variety of artistic performances marking the centenary of the First World War in recent years. They all remember the horrors that young men […]
Category: Off-Campus
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest
Alastair Whately directs Oscar Wilde’s superb crown jewel: The Importance of Being Earnest. The three-act play is revived at York Theatre Royal, retelling the excellent combo of love, society and […]
Review: Dracula, John Cooper Studio Theatre
“Welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.” A crowd of people are summoned into a dark room. The only form of […]
Review: Wonderland
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 […]
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 […]