Legendary RocknRoll Musical Rocky Horror Show written by Richard O’Brien is currently on tour and running into 2025. As a first-timer watching the show, I wasn’t sure what to expect and the only song I was familiar with was the Time Warp. The show is encouraged to be interactive. With…

Advertised as an “Ordinary Musical” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button proves to be an extraordinary production. Set in a small coastal Cornish village a much-awaited child is born to Mary Button (Philippa Hogg) and Roger Button (Benedict Salter). However, Benjamin (John Dalgeish) is born with the physical appearance of…

As a magic sceptic, I am not instantly drawn to believing in the wonders of magic. However, I do like being entertained and left questioning “How on earth did they do that?”. Kevin Quantum is a magician/illusionist who has never failed to impress me. Jamie Allan has the same personable…

Reviewing from a filmed version of any production will lose some of the emotions evoked from a live performance. With Ballet and Opera it is listening to the Orchestra warming up and the hearing the buzz of the audience as they take their seats. On the plus side it opens…

Playwright Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys was first performed on stage twenty years ago at the National Theatre. It’s  A level results day in Sheffield and eight boys have just received the best results their school has ever known. In six months each one has the opportunity to apply…

I missed the original West End production which meant I came to view this without any preconceived ideas.  Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply moving story of socially anxious Evan Hansen, a high school senior who struggles with mental health issue and is encouraged by his therapist to write supportive…