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18 July 2024 I 14:30 I Barbican Centre, London ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kiss Me, Kate is my favourite of the golden age musicals, where perhaps there could be bias towards my enjoyment. However, there is also a high level of what I expect from Bartlett Sher's adaptation at the Barbican Centre. It is needless to say that Sher's revival of Cole Porter's scorcher is enchanting, honouring the absurdity of the material yet discovering the vulnerability of love. An insightful direction that reach

17 July 2024 I 19:30 I Gillian Lynne Theatre, London ⭐⭐ Standing At The Sky's Edge, in the final weeks of it's Gillian Lynne Theatre run, is a jukebox musical of Richard Hawley's writing, dramatizing Sheffield's Park Hill Estate and those who have inhabited it over the years. Whilst being one of Britain's most successful new British musicals with outstanding attraction to fans, I unfortunately felt an emotional disconnect from Robert Hastie's direction. The production is

17 July 2024 I 14:30 I Trafalgar Theatre, London ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Heading into People, Places & Things, I knew extremely little of the play beyond an actress going through the process of rehabilitation. It is an observation of perhaps the most mentally enduring ordeal a person can live. Jeremy Herrin's direction does oversee theatrical scenes, metaphorical expressions of trauma and emotional belonging. But with balance, the fourth wall returns, a brutally honest watch as a laboured

23 July 2024 I 19:00 I Curve Theatre, Leicester I AD - PR Invite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I went in with little expectations towards Buckhurst's 101 Dalmatians, only having seen snippets of the films. But where this production is undoubtedly enjoyable for fans, I discovered a tale to pull at the heartstrings with such tender love. Resilience defines a company of multi-talented performers, delivering waves of goosebumps and teary eyes from me. I would never have thought I'd become so emoti

15 July 2024 I 19:30 I Menier Chocolate Factory, London ⭐⭐⭐ The Baker's Wife, written by Joseph Stein and musically adapted by Stephen Schwartz, transforms the Menier Chocolate Factory into an early 20th century French bakery. From the smells of cigarettes and freshly baked bread, to the immersion of 'cabaret tables', Gordon Greenberg's direction does everything in its power to salvage a bizarre original story. With characters increasingly difficult to admire, there are j

13 July 2024 I 14:00 I Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ⭐⭐⭐⭐ There is something so tremendously relevant about the Crucible Theatre's revival of Chariots Of Fire, a historical envisioning of Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell's race for gold at the Paris 1924 Olympics. Now that we approach the Paris 2024 Olympics a hundred years on, we see a consistent relationship between the race and why athletes compete for glory, a question that never changes despite the generation we live.

11 July 2024 I 19:45 I Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Come From Away, the hit Broadway sensation, continues to enthral UK audiences as a part of its national tour. As my third watch of the musical, my utmost concern had been how the show would translate away from the West End stage. However, the international messages of coming together resonate through reaching a multitude of new audiences. There are endless reasons as to why the Sankoff and Hein musical succeeds, but t

8 July 2024 I 19:00 I Curve Theatre, Leicester I AD - PR Invite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Having little prior knowledge ahead of A Chorus Line, I had very minimal expectations beyond a jazz hands, toe tapping spectacular. And while these certainly exist within Nikolai Foster's vision, the profound realism and attention to life beyond the stage is what strikes audiences the most. Indeed you will laugh and lose yourself in many impressive sequences, though a well established, confident and t