Reviews
Expensive Shit
A gripping and sinister hard hitting drama from writer and director Adura Onashile.
Chef: Come Dine With Us!
A wildly impressive smorgasbord worth of treats from Korea
The Money Fish
Compelling autobiographical piece by ex-commercial fisherman John Cox
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
An intelligent and emotive adaptation which flies the flag for equality and liberation.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A great foreign adaptation miserably let down by poor translation.
The Inevitable Heartbreak of Gavin Plimsole
Analogy drawn between the romantic and biological heart in over-busy performance
Starman
Re-intepretations of Bowie’s beautiful music, by a talented, quirky entertainer from another planet.
My Eyes Went Dark
Tense airline disaster two-hander with geo-political undercurrents
Adler & Gibb
A confusing, but engaging drama about the fictional and reclusive conceptual artists Janet Adler and Margaret Gibb.
The Red Shed
Mark Thomas pays tribute to his friends at Wakefield Labour Club in their 50th year
Love, Lies and Taxidermy
A dramatically presented, witty love story set in Merthyr Tydfil.
The Steampunk Tempest
A Class A performance of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, though could use more steampunk.
Cuncrete
Rachael Clerke and The Great White Males present a punk rock drag king extravaganza.
Ambition
It may not be what is advertised – but you will leave feeling inspired.
The Suitcase Kid
This bold play bravely exposes children to the raw power of theatre
Hamlet
A rapid run through the Shakespearean classic which suffers from not pausing for breath.
Blush
Although a polished and well produced piece of theatre, this only has time to scratch the surface of the issues it addresses.