Friday, February 14, 2020
History Boys is long overdue a revival and the production (which has been meticulously directed by the hugely talented Jack Ryder) is a treat indeed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, January 29, 2020
The pace of the cast members’ dialogue and interaction with each other is almost always spot on in Blithe Spirit.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, July 25, 2019
With all of the uncertainty in the world we live in, a show full of hope like Annie is just what’s needed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, July 9, 2019
An astoundingly, intense, powerful and thought-provoking piece – The Turn of the Screw (music by Benjamin Britten, libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the story by Henry James) is making its …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, June 29, 2019
If you love Gloria Estefan you will adore On Your Feet and if you’re not familiar with her or not necessarily a fan, go and see this and you son will be.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSunday, June 23, 2019
David Bintley’s choreography for Hobson’s Choice adeptly assists the artists to convey the story clearly, concisely, comically and is remarkable in the extreme.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, June 10, 2019
At Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre last night Calendar Girls The Musical was moved to tears, laughing out loud and sobbing. The touring production has lost none of the magic created in the Wes…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, June 4, 2019
As a piece of theatre Zog is enjoyable and beautifully thought out, although the synchronicity with the much loved book is lacking.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, May 20, 2019
Wow, what can I say, but go and book your tickets for this show now, it is pure value for money. Cameron Mackintosh offers an incredibly cinematic production of Boublil and Schonberg’s mus…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, May 2, 2019
Club Tropicana drinks are free, fun and sunshine there’s enough for everyone… and Club Tropicana The Musical certainly encompasses fun, sunshine and epitomises the feel-good theatre prod…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, April 11, 2019
The Disney magic never waivers for us and this particular incarnation of the spectacular ice show (The Wonderful World of Disney On Ice) featuring our favourite Mouse was exceptional – may…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday, March 22, 2019
Take a classic thriller written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, the film version having been directed by Alfred Hitchcock, add a stellar cast and one of the most atmospheric sets I’ve…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMTuesday, March 12, 2019
Sensational 60s Experience was a night to remember, the finale was a sight to behold and I can’t wait to see the show again.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMThursday, January 31, 2019
Blood Brothers is a musical that has had a special place in my heart for a long time – it will always be a five star production in my eyes and has yet to deviate from that honour. Each tim…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMonday, January 21, 2019
In its 25th anniversary year, The Snowman stage show, based on the Raymond Briggs classic, is heart-warming and brings tears to the eyes in equal measure.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, December 30, 2018
Dick Whittington & His Cat shows that the age-old tradition of pantomime is not only alive in Oxford but it’s revitalised, re-energised, refreshing and stands a good chance of attract…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMWednesday, December 19, 2018
Our pantomime season has kicked off late this year. However, the first of the festive treats that we’ve been able to attend has surely set the bar high, as a five-star extravaganza and per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFriday, November 30, 2018
Sixties Gold landed at Symphony Hall and it was an exceptional evening to bear witness to. A number of amazing singers and instrumentalists who mostly made their names in the swinging sixtie…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMMonday, November 19, 2018
Rossini’s La Cenerentola makes for a refreshingly vibrant, light and comedic opera. Welsh National Opera’s latest production is a festive treat indeed just ahead of December too, perfect…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTuesday, October 23, 2018
Actress Su Pollard has long been a favourite performer of mine, both on screen and in her various stage roles. As a pantomime villain she’s second to none, so I was delighted to hear she w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThursday, October 11, 2018
Collectively, the current Dynamos in the London production of Mamma Mia! – Sara Poyzer, Kate Graham & Ricky Butt – are the best three I’ve seen in all my years of watching and occ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTuesday, October 2, 2018
One of the few Gilbert & Sullivan operettas I’d not seen was Ruddigore and it’s become a firm favourite following the show-stopping production brought to Malvern Theatres by the Gil…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSunday, September 30, 2018
Musical theatre star Lucy O’Byrne is setting the stage alight as Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic Evita. I saw the show in Malvern and in my humble opinion, Lucy is giving Elai…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, September 29, 2018
The glitzy, glittering, all-singing, all-dancing spectacular 42nd Street continues to light up Theatre Royal Drury Lane as a new Dorothy Brock, Bonnie Langford, arrives in glorious fashion.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFriday, September 28, 2018
Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe landed at Malvern Theatres courtesy of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and it was a joy to behold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSaturday, September 22, 2018
An evening with the extraordinary gentleman Brian Blessed promised to be informative, fascinating and barmy. It was all of those things and more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThursday, September 6, 2018
When a show really blows you away, mentally and physically, it’s a rare and beautiful thing. Evita, one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classics, has been on my radar for years and I have revie…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMonday, September 3, 2018
Bing Live! has long been a favourite of my four-year-old son, Cbeebies being his channel of choice and the young bunny having been a frequent ‘visitor’ in our living room over the past f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, September 1, 2018
This musical was adored by a late, great friend of mine so watching Jersey Boys for the first time, at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, was an emotional performance even before curtain up.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, August 31, 2018
Peppa Pig remains such a popular television programme for children of varying ages, that the live show has something for everyone, from a tiny age to school age and beyond.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWednesday, August 29, 2018
In Switzerland, Joanna Murray-Smith has written an intricately woven script so intense that 1 hour 40 minutes without an interval is thoroughly necessary.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM 
