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Writers: Harold Rome, Arthur Arent, David Gregory, Arthur Kraemer, Emanuel Eisenberg, Joseph Schrank, Mark Blitzstein & Joseph Finlay Music and Lyrics: Harold Rome Director: Rachel Grunwald Reviewer: Catherine Love The Public Reviews Rating: What better way to change the world than through the power of song and dance? Pins and Needles, in attempting to sing ‘a song with [...]

Featured acts: Chris Martin, Simon Fox and Nick Doody Reviewer: Rachael Martin The Public Reviews Rating: A comedy night with ever-changing artists and comperes, the 26th of November performance featured Nick Doody, Chris Martin and Simon Fox, with a stand in to replaced planned compere for the evening Stan Stanley. A bargain night of comedy- tickets cost just [...]

Produced by: Christine Atkinson, Sharon Owens & Sebastian Anzaldo Musical Director: Phil Hawkes Reviewer: Jenni Rymer The Public Reviews Rating: Vegas has arrived on the West End stage in the form of this outstanding tribute to Sinatra and Streisand; ‘Barbra and Frank the Concert that Never Was’. After many successful years on the Las Vegas strip, Sharon Owens [...]

Book: Charles Dickens Adaptor: Bryony Lavery Music & lyrics: Jason Carr Director: Nikolai Foster Reviewer: Nicola Harrison The Public Reviews Rating: ‘…a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner.’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ was first published by Chapman & Hall in December 1843. It was written in early Victorian Britain at a time when past Christmas traditions were [...]

Writer Helen Newall Music Matthew Baker Director Russ Tunney Reviwer Lorna Andrewes The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Theatre in the Quarter’ is a Chester-based company serving the whole of Cheshire and specialising in commissioning its own musical theatre productions. This particular work is set in a not very prosperous farm somewhere adjacent to Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge. It is the [...]

As you may now be aware, we are now up and running, thanks to the kindness and generosity of a theatre colleague Mr David Chadderton, who has helped us get the site up and running again. We have been down for just over a week and it will take a few days to get the [...]

Music/ Lyrics: Irving Berlin Director: David Morgan Reviewer: James Dunnill The Public Reviews Rating: If this year you are dreaming of a more traditional Christmas with snow, festive cheer and some classic Christmas songs then the musical adaption of Irving Berlins White Christmas is certainly a ‘million dollar proposition’. Once again Sunderland have neglected the traditional pantomime in [...]