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As Poole and Parkstone Productions continue celebrating their Centenary year, the company return for their annual Summer Cocktail performance. Featuring a tantalising concoction of drama and comedy...
I remember Scaplens Court from when I was a child; it was always an exciting place to go with my school for a day away from school, and of course lessons. Having now grown up (ish), I wouldn’t have...
Surely there can be nothing better, nor more quintessentially British, than open air theatre in the summertime – especially when accompanied by fine weather, a picnic hamper and long daylight hours –...
Dorothy’s ruby slippers are tip-tapping across the Tivoli stage this week as Wimborne Musical Theatre head in a very different direction from the comparative sophistication of their last two shows,...
Henry Roth (David Wickham) wrote the successful thriller Blood Lust many years ago. It is performed in many theatres, translated into 12 languages and adapted for television, where it runs endlessly...
For years, Southampton Operatic Society has successfully been producing shows of a high quality, incorporating the works of Gilbert & Sullivan and other operatic pieces. However, it is quite easy to...
This show as directed with deft flair and panache by Wayne Ings, lively, inventive choreography by Chris Magdziarz and the wonderful on stage band under MD Matt Lemon is joyous. I could easily end...
When is a musical not a musical? When it’s a Song Cycle – a collection of songs, possibly in different styles, but all linked by a common theme. This, then, is what Spot On brought to the intimate...
A thoroughly enjoyable evening was had by all at the Plaza Theatre in Romsey last night as RAODS staged their production of Goodnight Mr Tom. This story is packed with emotion. At one point I was...
Attending a production adapted from a favourite author is a gamble: it can be very enjoyable seeing a familiar work of fiction brought to the stage; or it can be a disappointing anti-climax. Overall,...
The latest Showstoppers’ performance of Sweeney Todd is being performed until Saturday at The Annex Theatre in Southampton. With a young, energetic and enthusiastic cast, from performers, musicians,...
In this stage adaptation of the classic BBC TV comedy series, all the well-loved characters of the Home Guard of Walmington-on-Sea who battle daily against the Germans and local ARP Warden Hodges are...
Sam Steiner’s short, ingenious script, written while he was still an undergraduate at Warwick in the style of Nick Payne’s play Constellations, was a smash hit at the 2015 and 2016 Edinburgh Fringes:...
It all started so well. Most of the company were forming a lovely tableau on stage as the lights came up during the intro to the first number, ‘Follow the band’ from Barnum. Then through the audito...
When I arrived to watch ACTS’ performance of Treasure Island The Panto, I was instantly transported back in time about ten years to my childhood days in village halls, surrounded by raffle tickets...
I was genuinely excited to see this production as I absolutely loved Peter Pan as a child. The story of the boy who never grew up, the magic of Neverland and the wonderful characters along the way...
Make Way For Lucia by John Van Druten – a comedy based on the novels by E F Benson; I’ve never heard of this play or the novels it’s based on, philistine that I am, but it was no less enjoyable for...
The New Forest Players have been presenting successful amateur theatre for over 90 years. Such longevity is testament to their ability to continually deliver quality theatre that local people want to...
Written in 1938, Gaslight was extraordinarily ahead of its time. Even though the concept of coercive control has been acknowledged for some time, action to deal with it has been taken only in the...
Although I had watched the movie numerous times the show was a first for me. I was completely blown away by the performances of the main characters. Shrek’s swamp has been invaded by fairy tale...
