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Writer – Gemma Head Director – Kathryn Hanke Reviewer – Sara Jackson The Public Reviews Rating: This is the first performance from Whiteface theatre and writer Gemma Head. It is set in a Call centre and shows the every day lives of the staff; the ambitious if slightly crazy boss, private lives and personality clashes that take place [...]

Reviewer: Ian Foster If Avenue Q is best described as an 18 certificate version of Sesame Street, then La Clique is just like the circus, albeit reconceived for an adult audience. After a highly successful 9 month run at the Hippodrome near Leicester Square, including winning the Best Entertainment Olivier Award, and then a world [...]

Writer: Robert Louis Stevenson Adaptor: Andrew Pollard Director: Adam Sunderland Reviewer: Richard T. Watson At roughly forty minutes on each side of the interval, this Treasure Island is undeniably snappy. Northern Broadsides have been making successful forays into children’s theatre for a while now – last year’s Heidi – A Goat’s Tale was nominated for [...]

Writer: Roy Williams Director: Maria Aberg Reviewer: Clare Howdon Roy William’s blisteringly topical play ‘Days of Significance’ first opened at the Swan Theatre, Stratford upon Avon in 2007, four years after the war in Iraq began. The Royal Shakespeare Company has now embarked upon a nationwide tour of the piece (with a few re-workings by [...]

Writer: Jane Austen Adaptor: Simon Reade Director: Toby Frow Reviewer: Diane Higgins Simon Reade’s adaptation directed by Toby Frow, brings together the classic text of Austen’s work, with all her well loved characters plus music (Richard Hammarton) and dance (Sam Spencer-Lane). The set design by Christopher Woods was minimal. Its raised and angled circular platform, [...]

Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Laura Wardell What can you say about Joseph that hasn’t already been said, even after 40 years this show is still pulling in the punters and is still the show that so many people have a soft spot for. This lively and upbeat show takes [...]

Director & Choreographer: Mitch Sebastian Musical Director: Dominic Barlow Reviewer:Linda Barker Celebrating the incredible singing talent of three legends of the twentieth century, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, this spectacular festive production transports you back to the glamorous, glitzy nights of The Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, in the late 1950s and early [...]

Writer: George Bernard Shaw Director: Michael Rudman Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile Mrs Warren’s Profession was first written in 1894 and the content so shocked the press that it wasn’t performed publicly till 1925. Victorian audiences were unable to cope with Shaw’s frank and honest portrayal of a woman who chose prostitution over starvation. This choice is [...]