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Mar 30, 20233 min read
Reviewed: Noughts and Crosses at Curve
Noughts and Crosses ended its tour here in Leicester at Curve Theatre on April 1
Mar 16, 20235 min read
Reviewed: Mother Goose at Curve
Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop host a joyful visit to pantoland. Perhaps the biggest perk of this job is that we get to review various...
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Reviewed: Bread-making experience at Brockleby’s
Sally Smith went on a date night with a difference. As we approach the last days of winter and with the evenings starting to lighten,...
Feb 2, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Ocean at the End of the Lane at Curve
A magical masterpiece of monsters and mixed-up memories. What’s scarier? The monsters outside your house or the people inside it? Neil...
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Reviewed: Wizard of Oz at Curve
Having been postponed for the last few years due to the pandemic, Curve certainly did not hold back on this festive spectacle.
Nov 22, 20225 min read
Reviewed: 9 to 5: The Musical at The Little Theatre
Knighton Park Amateur Operatic Society are redefining the working day. Colin Higgins' 1980 office comedy, 9 to 5, was the perfect...
Nov 4, 20224 min read
Reviewed: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Curve
A star-studded show, just like the film. Hayley Mills is in Leicester this week starring in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Curve. As a...
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Reviewed: Sister Act at Curve
Bless this show, bless this review, bless it all. A wannabe nightclub singer, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses her married, mobster lover...
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Reviewed: The Shawshank Redemption at Curve
It's time to get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. Contains spoilers! This freshly rewritten adaptation of Steven King's novella comes to...
Oct 5, 20224 min read
Reviewed: Bugsy Malone at Curve
The touring production could've been anything that it wanted to be... There's a real risk of my sounding like a broken record in this...
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Reviewed: A Country Night in Nashville at De Montfort Hall
The sound of country music filled the iconic concert hall. Country music is quintessentially American. It's spiritual home is the Grand...
Sep 8, 20225 min read
Reviewed: Bongo's Bingo XL at Leicester's Morningside Arena
Covered in Coco Pops, we went back to the 80s. Famous (or infamous) for crazy prizes and riotous fun, Bongo's Bingo came to Morningside...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Reviewed: Billy Elliot the Musical at Curve
The new UK production of Billy Elliot the Musical is in full swing in Leicester. Directed by Nikolai Foster, the Made at Curve musical...
Jul 18, 20226 min read
Reviewed: Two nights in (Hotel) Brooklyn
Niche was invited to stay at the newly opened Leicester branch of Hotel Brooklyn. The hotel opened on July 4 - Independence Day, to keep...
Jul 2, 20221 min read
Reviewed: Afternoon Tea at The Station Master, Loughborough
The poppy-seeded sausage rolls were a hit. It' s no secret that I am rather partial to afternoon tea, so when myself and my partner Jason...
Jun 21, 20224 min read
Reviewed: Calendar Girls at The Little Theatre
Gary Barlow's musical about the Women's Institute calendar was produced by KW Productions. Keiran Wheelan-Newby produced and directed...
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Reviewed: School of Rock at Curve
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaption of the Jack Black movie is currently at Curve. Rock music. Children singing. A theatre in...
Apr 21, 20223 min read
Reviewed: The Cher Show at Curve
The new UK tour of the biographical Cher musical kicks off in Leicester. Directed by Arlene Phillips, and choreographed by Strictly Come...
Feb 18, 20226 min read
We got piercings at Kazbah and this is what happened
What's the first place a Leicester person thinks of when you say 'piercing'? People have been having their bodies pierced for thousands...
Jan 25, 20223 min read
Reviewed: real life drama in Waitress at Curve
Three relatably funny female leads are at the centre of this beautiful musical pie with comedy and romance as its core ingredients. What...
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