Some things are inevitable at Christmas – the vague awkwardness at office parties giving way to raucousness and ill-advised drunken photocopying, the excess of turkey (even though if it was […]
Time Passes. Listen.
This is my fourth trip to the old Woolworths building on the Moor in a few weeks – I went to Horror Souk three times – and upon leaving I […]
BenZ: Magical Maverick
An ordinary coincidence or an extraordinary synchronicity? He may have served you at your table, you may have bumped into him shuffling cards in a bar in the city – […]
Horror Souk: Face Your Fear
When asked what I was doing for Halloween, the expected answer was this party or that club or a promenade between the two. When my response was, “I’m going to […]
Pif-Paf Theatre
Pif-Paf are a Sheffield based theatre company specialising in the unusual and wonderful. Outdoor events, giant hamster wheels, sculpture and more – get the low down here. Could you tell […]
Othello
The Crucible. Reviewer – Phill James. Shakespeare’s famous and enthralling psychological drama is being performed at the Crucible for the very first time and it is a production worthy of […]
Heartbreak Productions @ The Botanical Gardens
With a company tagline of ‘Open air theatre at its best’, Heartbreak productions have set their stall out rather firmly. Considering however, that they have been running successful open air […]
BenZ: Magic Enterprises
Experiencing BenZ and his Magic Enterprises is at first a strange combination of feelings. Firstly, is this a riddle that I am to solve – Cripes! I’m not very good […]
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
21st May / Lantern Theatre. Reviewer – Phill James. Martin Derbyshire’s production of Tom Stoppard’s comic tragedy does full justice to the brilliant source material. The minimalistic set design, coupled […]
The Comedy of Errors
Reviewer – Sara Hill. 18th-29th January 2011, Lyceum Theatre. I must confess that I greatly prefer Shakespeare’s tragedies and histories to his comedies. So when I discovered that my press night […]
Mandrake’s Magnificent Machine at The Bradford Playhouse
Mandrake’s Magnificent Machine. 16th – 18th December 2010. Bradford Playhouse. Reviewer – Sara Hill. Mandrake’s Magnificent Machine was billed as the world’s first surrealist, steampunk, absurdist pantomime. Confused? At the […]