Originally published by L.S. Media. March 25th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Andrew Schofield, Stephen Fletcher.
There is a realm of safety within the theatre called the dressing room where in theory an actor can relax, prepare themselves for the night ahead and be their true selves and away from the audience glare and the lights which can show every emotion.
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 15th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Cast: Aitor Basauri, Stephen Kreiss, Petra Massey, Toby Park.
You can sit there all night thinking of the best way to describe Spymonkey’s Oedipussy, scratch your head and explain what you’ve seen in words that are both fitting to the company and the creators behind one of the great adaptations of Greek theatre. What it all boils down too, is that the team behind Spymonkey are pure and utter comic geniuses!
Originally published by L.S. Media. March 10th 2012.
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Inua Ellams’ Black T-Shirt Collection is one of those rare moments of theatre where one person carries an entire production by himself and the result is nothing short of absolutely stunning.
As part of the Unity Theatre’s season of plays with Fuelfest, Inua Ellam’s play took the audience into realm of private enterprise and the shocking aftermath when a company that started with so many good intentions unravels and the people behind it see the world for its true, cruel, profit-making and inhumane ways.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 24th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Samantha Womack, Matthew Cammelle, Alex Ferns, Daniel Koek, Loretta Ables Sayre, Elizabeth Chong, Cameron Jack, Luke Kempner, Dominic Taylor, Nigel Williams.
There is a memorable song half way through the second act of Rogers and Hammerstein’s superb musical South Pacific that not only gets into your head so much you end up whistling or humming on the late bus home but that is also very apt for the conversation and good natured chatter as the audiences spilled out on to Lime Street after the show, there really was nothing but Happy Talk.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 22nd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Cast: Leanne Best, Amanda Drew, Annabelle Apsion, Russell Bentley, Stephen Fletcher, Matthew Flynn, Alan Stocks, Mandi Symonds. Sam Troughton.
Tennessee Williams’ play, A Streetcar Named Desire, is one that can cast dread into any Director charged with keeping the flame alive of one of the most accomplished American playwrights of his generation. In Gemma Bodinetz there is such a Director who not only has the honesty to go through every single pause, every full stop and understand how complex Williams and his writing actually was, but to install this attentive belief into the acting fraternity who are in the play.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 8th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating *****
Cast: Faye Brookes, Iwan Lewis, Les Dennis, Claire Sweeney, Ray Quinn, Charlotte Harwood, Hannah Grover, Sinead Long, Sophie Isaacs, Micha Richardson, Zak Nemorin, Jon Reynolds, Graham Lappin, Nia Jermin.
If you just want a one sentence or even a word to sum up Legally Blonde, then can I just say phenomenal, must see, brilliant, and every other platitude that you will no doubt see on billboards and in papers for this exceptional and heart-warming musical.
Originally published by L.S. Media. February 3rd 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Glenn Adamson, Jamie Barnard, Michael Fletcher, Joshua Meredith, Hayley Clarke.
Douglas Irvine’s 2008 tour de force Departure Lounge has to go down as one of the best musical comedies to have graced the Unity Theatre ever! Its premise of four lads embarking on a final fling of youth in Spain before heading off to University will resonate with those who went down the same wonderful and somewhat reckless path and greatly amuse those that didn’t.
Originally published by L.S. Media. January 19th 2012.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Marcus Brigstocke, Jodie Prenger, Todd Carty, Robin Armstrong, Rob Delaney, Adam Ellis, Kit Orton, Eric Idle, Jon Robyns, Eric Idle.
You either love, some would say adore, Monty Python or you just don’t get it. For those that don’t understand the concept, there is help available. For those that love it, high tail it down to the Empire Theatre and take in the majesty of absurdity of Monty Python’s Spamalot.
Originally published by L.S. Media. December 21st 2011.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Tina Malone, Jamie Rickers, Pete Price, Craig Philips, Mickey Finn, Leanne Campbell, Lizzie Warburton, Chris Crookhall, James Waud.
To have one hit Christmas show over the festive period is good fortune, to have two is nothing short of incredibly superb.
Originally published by L.S. Media. December 18th 2011.
L.S. Media Rating ****
Cast: Jack McGraa, Elen Royles, Solomon Andrews, Elena Stephenson, Mark Rawle, Tash Hutchinson, Ellie Gray, Andrew Abrahamson, Sarah Brown, Stephanie Minshall, Camillie Machin, Jenny Martyn, Jack Malone, Jamie Barfield, Andy Godden, Frankie Burke, Rebecca Patterson, Shaun Holdom-Eyles.
Orchestra: Michael Bourne, Tom Sutherland-Grant, Tony Shorrocks, Sophie Patterson, Connie Hilton, James Warwick, Paul Fegan, Christian Ryan, Nicola Rossiter, David Mintz, Jonas Tattersall, Karolina Hentze, Misery Steele, Simeon Scheuber, Harry Leather, Matt Filer.