United Kingdom’s leading Theatre for younger audiences is now showing the adaptation of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen’s children’s book The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse which director Jack McNamara has adapted for the stage. The stage is predominantly dressed by small rows of silver birch trees and begins…

Cinderella and Prince Charming photo credit Aenne Pallasca. Cinderella is one of the pantomime seasons favourite productions. The Rockin’ Panto Cinderella at the artdepot’s in association with The New Wolsey Theatre is their first ever pantomime. If this production is anything to go by I don’t think it will their…

Peter Pan by J M Barrie is this year’s pantomime now showing at The Mayflower in Southampton adapted by Alan McHugh. Starring Marti Pellow as Captain Hook, Darren Day as Smee and Cassie Compton playing Wendy to name but a few of the stars found in this years cast. Take…

The Railway Children by Edith Nesbitt is about to be the latest production performed at the Theatre Royal, Winchester from January 10th- 12th in 2020 by The Blue Apple Theatre Company where all the talented adult actors in this company have varying degrees of learning disabilities. I had the privilege…

Aladdin the all-time classic Christmas pantomime. This year’s production showing at the King’s Theatre in Southsea is an absolute Christmas treat. Running from 11th December to 5th January there is plenty of opportunities to catch this production over the festive period. Boyzone’s Shane Lynch headlines this year’s production in the…

Lyric Theatre has been the home to Thriller Live the tribute production to celebrate Michael Jackson’s life and music since 2008. It is now in its final run of six months. Peter Andre is now appearing for two weeks from the 10th to 22nd December although some performances might change…

The semi-autobiographical storyline in F**k Freud by Lucio Veronesi watches twenty-something Leone a struggling Italian actor trying to make sense of the world around him while he is attempting to find his identity in a foreign country. Breaking up with girlfriend Sarah ( Siobhan Gallagher) just adds further pain to…

New writing The Fairytale Revolution: Wendy’s Awfully Big Adventure by Louise Beresford and Anna Spearpoint has taken the normal fairytale concept of the pantomime and turned it into a really interesting story when the characters decide to take charge of their own destiny. Wendy Darling(Anais Long) as pictured below decides…

The adapted stage production of Oi Frog and friends by Emma Earle, Zoe Squire, Luke Bateman and Richy Hughes is a colourful and extremely well-presented collection of the well-known animals from the best-selling books by Kes Gray. Sitting bottom School for animals is led by their prefect, Cat played by…

The case is certainly an exceptional new piece of writing by Fred Kelly in his new play The Exceptional case of Whizz and Drex. Kelly has captured the essence of how the mind of a narcissistic bully operates through Whizz played by Guy Samuels the manipulative boss who is charming…