“It brings together three Sheffield icons – Park Hill, Richard Hawley and the Crucible,” declared Rob Hastie at the launch of the musical, Standing at the Sky’s Edge on Tuesday.
As The Rocky Horror Show wends its way to Sheffield once again, it seems fair to ponder what possesses a classical actor and director like Philip Franks to step into the Time-Warp.
Next week Big No No Comedy at Dina’s Cellar Theatre welcomes an international guest whose work is described as completely original and exciting and surreal
The Mousetrap opened at the Theatre Royal Nottingham in October 1952 and reached London’s West End a month later where it has run continuously ever since which means Agatha Christie’s great play has been entertaining audiences from around the world for as long as the Queen has been on the throne
It may figure in the National Theatre’s list of the top 100 plays of the last century, but Rutherford and Son does not ring many bells with the public at large and its author, Githa Sowerby, is not exactly a household name.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance – and also, some juggling – are in store at Theatre Deli this weekend in the Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé.
Years before Harry Potter was even a glint in JK Rowling’s eye, Mildred Hubble had children all over Britain dreaming of going to a school where flying broomsticks, mixing potions and casting spells were firmly on the timetable.
He was arguably the greatest artist of all time but with much of his life’s work unrealised or destroyed, many of Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest achievements are seen through his drawings.
This is the most problematic of Mozart's four major operas, largely because of the hotchpotch of love stories, light comedy, supernatural magic and Masonic ritual from which it is cobbled together.
Although it was 40 years ago, Janine Duvitski sees a direct line from her breakthrough role in Abigail’s Party to her appearance in Benidorm and the live spin-off to the TV series which comes to the Lyceum next week.
