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Twelfth Night – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, October 2026 Jamie Glover’s energetically engaging production of Shakespeare’s other ‘comedy of errors’ begins as it ends, ... -
King Lear – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, September 2026 It’s 21 years since Ian McDiarmid last appeared as Lear on the Crucible stage. Then, ... -
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Review – Leeds Playhouse
By Hazel Davis, February 2026 It’s really hard bringing a fresh take to something that’s all fresh takes. Puck’s a ... -
Crown of Blood – Review – Sheffield Crucible Theatre
By Clare Jenkins, February 2026 At the Crucible this time last year, Sheffield-based Utopia Theatre staged Wole Soyinka’s Death and ... -
Hamnet (2025) –Film Review
Director: Chloé Zhao Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart Certificate: 12A By David Reid Over recent years, a pattern ... -
Throne of Blood (1957) – Review
Director: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Isuzu Yamada Certificate: 12 By Sarah Morgan It’s the Scottish play, but ... -
Juliet & Romeo (2025) – Film Review
Director: Timothy Scott Bogart Cast: Jamie Ward, Clara Rugaard, Derek Jacobi Certificate: 12A By Roger Crow Did you ever see ... -
The Comedy of Errors (more or less) – Review – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe, April 2023 When Stephen Joseph Theatre send out an email prior to a show, with a link ... -
Much Ado About Nothing – Review – Sheffield Crucible
By Clare Jenkins, September 2022 Over the last few months, Sheffield theatres have staged a number of productions highlighting the ... -
Julius Caesar [Shakespeare’s Globe] – Review – York Theatre Royal
By Elizabeth Stanforth-Sharpe, June 2022 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar was first performed in about 1599, at a time when Elizabeth I ... -
The Comedy of Errors – Review – Bradford Alhambra
By Sandra Callard, November 2021 It may be one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, but The Comedy of Errors concerns ... -
Shakespeare: A Playgoer’s & Readers Guide – Review
By Sandra Callard This concise new book with the slightly cumbersome title will tell the average devotee of Shakespeare just ...
