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Jun 20, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Gypsy at The Little Theatre
Everything's coming up roses as KW Productions stage the iconic musical. It's been a year since I started reviewing the musicals at The...
Jun 8, 20233 min read
Reviewed: Unexpected Twist at Curve
From two great authors beatboxed into one. Unexpected Twist acts as a social commentary with a storyline that runs side by side Charles...
May 23, 20232 min read
Reviewed: 42nd Street at Curve
Good mood guaranteed! An evening out to see 42nd Street at Curve won’t disappoint. It’s a razzling-dazzling, glittering spectacle. This...
May 16, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Ghost: The Musical at The Little Theatre
A review of WAOS's production of Ghost: The Musical.
Apr 26, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Sucker Punch at Curve
A riveting exploration of race and boxing in 1980s Britain. My life is such that barely a week goes by without my attending at least one...
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Reviewed: The Bodyguard at Curve
Feel the heat! See The Bodyguard at Curve til April 22. What an opening! This big-budget production sets off with chair-juddering...
Apr 18, 20235 min read
Reviewed: Anything Goes at The Little Theatre
Leicester Operatic Players bring Broadway glamour to Leicester. All aboard the SS American! Cole Porter's Anything Goes is one of those...
Apr 1, 20234 min read
Reviewed: The Railway Children: A Musical at The Little Theatre
Pure, charming and uplifting period drama escapism. Edith Nesbit's children's book The Railway Children is a timeless classic. Whether...
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 8, 20233 min read
Reviewed: Girl from the North Country at Curve
This is VERY Dylan. I don’t like musicals. In fact, it’s a joke in the Niche Magazine office that I only attend musicals that my...
Mar 3, 20233 min read
Reviewed: Annie at Curve
A touching commentary on society today. Annie, based on the book by Thomas Meehan, was an incredibly relevant show mixing both social...
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...
Jan 21, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Death Drop: Back in the Habit at Curve
An authentic show by Drag performers. Horror-murder-slasher-religious-comedy Death Drop: Back in the Habit came to Curve this week. Its...
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 20, 20224 min read
Reviewed: Othello at Curve
The use of set was ingenious. We all know Shakespeare’s plays. Othello, perhaps slightly lesser-known, is a tragedy set in Cyprus during...
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