REVIEWS

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Here are my recent reviews! Have a scroll, have a read, and let me know all of your thoughts, feelings and opinions about these shows! Do you agree? Disagree? I want to hear it all!

REVIEW: 2:22 A Ghost Story (PEOPLE’S THEATRE)

FIVE STARS As the clocks prepare to turn back and evenings grow darker, there could hardly be a more fitting time to indulge in a good old-fashioned ghost story. With Halloween fast approaching, the People’s Theatre has embraced the season with a chilling production of Danny Robins’ 2:22 A Ghost Story, delivering an evening of…

REVIEW: HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE (GALA DURHAM)

Having thoroughly enjoyed North East Film Orchestra’s Hollywood Musicals earlier this year, I was thrilled to be invited back for their latest instalment, Hollywood Adventure. Swapping musical theatre for the silver screen, an orchestra of 68 musicians embarked upon a tour de force through some of cinema’s most recognisable scores.  There is something fascinating about hearing film music…

REVIEW: WILKO – LOVE AND DEATH AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL (YORK THEATRE ROYAL)

WILKO – LOVE AND DEATH AND ROCK AND ROLL is, fittingly, difficult to categorise. Part biography, part gig and part reflection on a life already lived, Jonathan Maitland’s play takes the extraordinary story of Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson and turns it into something remarkably life-affirming. Rather than adopting the conventional distance of a biographical drama, WILKO places…