Carmel ThomasonActor Laura Littlewood has become a familiar face reporting breaking news from Coronation Street’s many dramatic moments. Now at the other end of the reporter’s notebook, Laura tells us about her latest role playing Mrs Bradman in HER...
It is 10 years since theatre audiences last got the chance to see Calamity Jane on stage.Then Watermill Theatre brought us Coronation Streetâs Jodie Prenger as the iconic, gun-toting, sarsaparilla swigging tomboy â a performance that would hard to...
Diane ParkesSir David Bintleyâs Cinderella remains one of the most popular ballets in BRBâs repertoire. As the company prepares to take this magical production on tour again in 2025, Diane Parkes talks to designer John Macfarlane to find out what it takes to...
Martin ThomassonThe staging is simple: four straight-backed chairs, a backdrop for projections and, overhead, two rows of clothing hung on lines (theatre is a place for costumes and dressing-up, but also, we are reminded, the theatre we are here to pay our respects...
Following a sell-out tour in 2022, Stephen Daldry’s multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestleyâs An Inspector Calls is back touring the UK for 2024-25. Since 1992, Daldryâs production has won a total of 19 major awards...
Nic DowlingChristmas, wouldnât be Christmas for us without a trip to the Stockport Plaza panto. If youâve never been to the Plaza, you may well have spotted the gorgeous art deco style neon sign from the A6 as you head through Stockport town centre. Itâs a...
The standing ovation said it all really. I was on my way up anyway, but my nine-year-old positively wrenched me the rest of the way out of my seat at the end of A Christmas Carol The Musical. Heâs watched a good bit of theatre over the years, but I...
A story as well-known as, âMiracle on 34th Streetâ has a lot to live up to in a stage-show retelling. Many will know it from the classic 1947 movie starring Natalie Wood, in which Santa Claus finds himself in court on Christmas Eve having to justify...
Immersive art shows have a chequered reputation, but Lightroomâs collaboration with David Hockney is something of a triumph. Perhaps it is that Hockney often works in light (quite literally, given his now famous iPad âpaintingsâ). Or perhaps it is...
A story about the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US doesnât sound like a topic for either your typical feelgood musical or Christmas production. But âCome From Awayâ is far from your average show. It tells the true story of what...