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East is EastWriter: Ayub Khan-DinDirector: Iqbal KhanReviewer: Matt SchofieldThe comedy East is East has moved full circle as it returns to the stage in Birmingham after its original world premiere production in the REP’s studio theatre some thirteen years ago, having since been adapted for the screen in the BAFTA award winning film of 1999. [...]

The Hypochondriac by Molière Adapted by Roger McGough Director: Gemma Bodinetz Reviewer: James Higgins The Hypochondriac is the unusual marriage of a 17th century French play reworked by a 21st century Mersey Poet. First written and performed by French dramatist Molière in 1673 as Le Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid) it tells the tale of [...]

An Inspector CallsWriter: JB PriestleyDirector: Stephen DaldryReviewer: Marie KennyOur actions have consequences. JB Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ screams that we are all responsible for each other. Written in 1944, set in 1912, resurrected in 1992 and now performed in 2009, the message at the heart of the play still rings true through this production.At the [...]

Entertaining AngelsWriter: Richard EverettDirector: Alan Strachan Reviewer: Iris BeaumontA late September evening and a good crowd has gathered at the Lowry Theatre to welcome Penelope Keith’s latest play ‘Entertaining Angels.’Gasp were drawn as the curtain raised to reveal the stunning set designed by Paul Farnworth, and for this reviewer one of the best set designs [...]

Lord of the Dance Created/Choregraphed by Michael Flatley Reviewer: Iris BeaumontWhen I first saw this show way back in the late nineties I never dreamed I would be fortunate to see it again. Lord of the Dance is a theatrical master piece which had the whole auditorium clapping and tapping ones feet, Michael Flatley’s dance [...]

Faulty Towers, The Dining ExperienceBy Interactive Theatre, AustrailiaReviewer: John RobertsWe’ve all been there, out for a nice three course meal with the family, things are going well then out of the blue things start to go wrong. All around you mayhem rings out, the manager is running around like a lunatic chasing after his incompetent [...]

The York RealistWriter: Peter GillDirecter: Adam Spreadbury-MaherReviewer: Honour Bayes There is very little to qualm about in Peter Gill’s The York Realist, a charming Northern exploration of two boys in love and the constraints that their opposite class and backgrounds (though not societal prejudice it would seem) impose on their fragile relationship. Sweetly produced by [...]

Spider’s WebWriter: Agatha ChristieDirector: Joe HarmstonReviewer: Ian Cain ‘Spider’s Web’ was Agatha Christie’s first wholly original theatre script – and something of a departure from her usual writing style, too. Although renowned for her murder mysteries, here she consummately demonstrated that she was equally capable of writing a full-on comedy.Apparently, Peter Saunders, producer of ‘The [...]