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Beauty and the Beast Music: Alan MenkenLyrics: Howard Ashman & Tim RiceBook: Linda WoolvertonDirector: Alison PollardChoreographer: Alison PollardReviewer: Ruth LovettHalf term would not be complete with out a trip to the theatre and this half term week sees the tried and tested Disney classic, Beauty and the Beast return to the Sheffield Lyceum. Ever popular [...]

ChicagoBook: Fred Ebb and Bob FosseMusic: John KanderLyrics: Fred Ebb Director: Scott FarisReviewer: Mathew NicollsOh, Chicago. How much do I love Chicago? A lot. An awful lot. Frankly, it’s bombproof, and feels like it’s been around forever. This isn’t actually the case, however. Bob Fosse’s re-teaming with John Kander and Fred Ebb, their follow-up to [...]

High School Musical 2Writer: David SimpaticoDirector: Jeff Calhoun Choreographer: Lisa StevensReviewer: Jim NicholsonSomething strange came over me on my way out of the theatre tonight, I think its called a smile. Well, how did that happen as I had just seen ‘High School Musical 2’. What a shock to realise I had actually enjoyed myself! [...]

Joseph & his Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatMusic: Andrew Lloyd-WebberLyrics: Tim RiceDirector: Bill KenwrightReviewer: John Roberts Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been a family favourite for many years, thrusting many male celebrities into the colourful coat and loin cloth, including Jason Donavan, Philip Schofield, Darren Day, Donny Osmond and the late Stephen Gately but for [...]

Dancing In The StreetsDirector/Musical Supervisor: Keith StrachanReviewer: Ian Cain By no stretch of the imagination could I ever be considered an expert on Motown music. Sure, I knew of it – who doesn’t? – and pretty much liked what I’d heard of it. But, to fully appreciate the stage show, ‘Dancing In The Streets’, you [...]

Blood BrothersBook/Music/Lyrics: Willy RussellDirector: Bob Thomson & Bill KenwrightReviewer: John Roberts So did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins? If the answer is yes, then chances are you have had the delight of experiencing this theatrical tour-de-force sometime over its long running success, if not then there can only be a few reasons…either [...]

Twopence to Cross the MerseyBook: Rob FennahMusic/Lyrics: Rob & Alan FennahDirector: Ian KellgrenReviewer: Lorna AndrewesTwopence To Cross The Mersey, is set in the years of the depression, when the young Helen was transported out of her comfortable and secure affluent world into the hardship of a hand to mouth existence in Liverpool.The writer has managed [...]

Hot MikadoBased on The Mikado by Gilbert & SullivanBook & Lyrics adapted by David H BellMusic adapted and arranged by Rob BowmanDirector/Choreographer: Craig Revel Horwood Reviewer: Kevin ByrnesOut of this World…Simply Stunning…Best thing I have seen in a long time, those were just a few of the snippets of conversations I overheard as I left [...]