Georgina WellsBlood Brothers continues to live up to its reputation as the “standing ovation musical,” finds Georgina Wells Blood Brothers tours the UK once again – stopping at the Palace Theatre for 12 nights – it is easy to see why Willy Russell’s...
Carmel ThomasonThe world needs more people like Nigel Havers. After a long and successful career on stage and screen the actor is still taking risks, setting up a theatre company in the middle of a pandemic and launching it with a play and a role familiar to many...
Gate-crashing a tea break during rehearsals to chat to Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers, Vicky Edwards finds out more about a brand new touring production of one of Noel Coward’s most effervescent and enduring comedies… Reviews for the original...
Alexandria SlaterThree actresses, three children’s rooms, 10 days and 2,458 sexual predators. Documentary film, Caught In The Net approaches the abuse of children on the internet with an intricately calculated hoax. The result is terrifying and intense to watch, but...
Suzan Holder’s debut novel ‘Shake it up, Beverley’ is a modern love story – a romantic comedy with a musical twist. She talks to Quays Life about her inspiration for the book that draws on her years of experience as a...
Simon A. MorrisonWe take our seats for the second act of The Hound of the Baskervilles (hereafter … Hound) and Jake Ferretti, playing Holmes (alongside a mélange of other characters) berates the audience for a Tweet he claims to have seen during the interval, from...
Comedy is all about timing and it feels like ‘The Play What I Wrote’ has chosen the perfect moment to land at The Lowry. Not only are we waving goodbye to January – statistically the most depressing month – but for the first time it...
Paul ThomasonKids will love experimenting with Geomag Mechanics to build unusual shapes and playthings, developing their STEM skills while having fun, writes Paul Thomason The Geomag Mechanics Gravity Loops and Turns set is a construction toy that allows...
Caught In The Net is a disturbing and gut-wrenching documentary that reveals the sinister child predators that lurk within the internet’s underbelly. As gruesome and uncomfortable as a social experiment like this is, Czech documentarians Vít Klusák...
Martin ThomassonImagine, in your youth, doing something so terrible that you can never make it right. Even to try to explain your conduct sounds like a feeble attempt at rationalisation. All that is left to you is to hold your peace and serve your time. Marvin has...