A Little Space is described on Leeds Playhouse’s website as being ‘a powerful piece of physical theatre, which uses movement, imagery, sound and lighting to portray the needs, desires and fears of the characters’. That seems to sum it up a treat. This form of theatre was a first for me and so all I…

Imagine, if you will, a world in which women are expected to be immaculately groomed, well-mannered, subservient and open to even the most outrageous ‘come-ons’ from men. It is not difficult for someone of my advancing years as that is how things were until the end of the last century, and still are in some…

I was struggling as to how to begin this review of Oliver Twist as I really didn’t understand its purpose. I then had another look at Leeds Playhouse’s website and saw that it was aimed at an audience aged 11+ I am now more confused than ever. The play is a co-production between Leeds Playhouse…

  Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome, Ey Up and How Do. Cabaret has returned to Leeds in a different production and a new (almost) cast. I have to admit to not having the vaguest idea as to who the two stars of this show are. John Partridge who plays Emcee has, according to the programme, been a…

I must own up to never having read Pride and Prejudice, nor have I seen any tv adaptations, so this was my initiation into the seminal work by Jane Austen. I have now decided to put matters right and hit Amazon with my plastic because I must admit that I didn’t expect a Victorian novel…

Wow! Two world premiers in two days. Sunday was ‘Arya’ at Huddersfield Town Hall which was a Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra by Jasdeep Singh Degun, and Monday ‘Seeds’ a new play by Mel Pennant presented by Tiata Fahodzi and Wrested Veil in association with Leeds Playhouse, Soho Theatre and Tara Finney Productions. The two…