Theatre Review: Girls’ Night, Darlington Civic Theatre
2:44pm Thursday 17th May 2012
TEN years ago, young mum of three Louise Roche went to see a musical at the theatre and came home thinking “I can do that!”
Fri, 18th May 2012
Eugene Onegin, English Touring Opera, Durham Gala Theatre
10:38am Wednesday 16th May 2012
English Touring Opera’s production of Eugene Onegin, which visited the Gala Theatre last night, looked back beyond the romanticism of Tchaikovsky’s music to capture something of the ironic detachment of the original novel in verse by Russia’s greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin.
Theatre Review: The Real Thing, Quarry Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse
5:08pm Tuesday 15th May 2012
A MARRIED woman arrives back home from a trip to Geneva. There’s not much of a welcome from her husband as he’s found her passport in a drawer in the house.
Film Review: Dark Shadows (12A)
5:31pm Friday 11th May 2012
READING the notes I scribbled during the screening of Dark Shadows are a reminder of the weirdness of trying to turn a late 1960s daytime supernatural soap into a movie for 2012.
Theatre Review: Titanic, The Musical, Darlington Civic Theatre
1:41pm Friday 27th April 2012
ANOTHER bold choice for Darlington Operatic Society (DOS) in this, the 100th anniversary year of the loss of the “unsinkable” passenger liner on her maiden voyage.
Creation: second stage
5:49pm Monday 23rd April 2012
In the beginning, there were 700 people from the York area who have been recruited to bring the city’s famous Mystery Plays back to life. Steve Pratt talks to creatives and performers.
Theatre Review: Yes, Prime Minister, York Theatre Royal
12:55pm Friday 20th April 2012
NEVER mind the dire state of the economy, the euro crisis or trouble in the Middle East. Prime Minister Jim Hacker has a much more pressing problem – finding an under-age schoolgirl to entertain Kumranistan’s foreign secretary during a trip to Chequers.
Film Review: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A)
1:25pm Friday 20th April 2012
INTRIGUING title, so-so film. With The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy engineered drama with a heart and a humorous edge.
Tanner for your thoughts
1:32pm Friday 20th April 2012
It’s going to be more than Hear’Say, Kym Marsh tells Steve Pratt as she prepares to sing the role of Elsie Tanner in a Cornation Street musical. Brian Capron and Katy Cavanagh add their thoughts.
Theatre Review: Close The Coalhouse Door, Northern Stage
12:53pm Friday 20th April 2012
COAL is part of the North-East’s DNA.