Review: The Producers, Palace Theatre, Manchester

You know there is something special afoot when a theatre audience is as chock-full of celebrities as the stage in front of you. Of course,…

Review: Dial M for Murder, The Opera House, …

  In these days of intensely complicated sets, multi-million pound gimmicks and ingenious stage management it is refreshing to attend a play that is just…

Theatre review: Thriller Live, Manchester Opera House

  When music legend Michael Jackson died, aged 50, Thriller Live was playing at the Opera House, Manchester. That was June 2009 and now almost…

Review: A Christmas Carol at The Dukes, Lancaster

  Anybody who has actually read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will know it is a complicated parcel to unwrap for a festive audience, laden…

Review: Treasure Island at The Dukes, Lancaster

“This was the bestest play ever in the world. Even better than Shrek. Can we come again tomorrow?” Words of praise indeed, uttered as they…

Review: Phantom of the Opera at Palace Theatre, …

Phantom of the opera Towering above the auditorium, the chandelier flashes and cracks and drops down toward the excited and expectant crowd…who jump with a…