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The Box & Good Morning and Goodbye @ The New Theatre

The New Theatre is currently showing a new double bill spectacle comprising of two highly diverse performances – 'The Box' and 'Good Morning & Goodbye'.

The Crucible @ New Theatre

I often hear - within the ‘theatre critic’ clique of course – that this play, by playwright legend Arthur Miller, is one of the first points of entry into the world of theatre.

On the Waterfront @ Nottingham Playhouse

On the Waterfront is a powerful and moving adaptation of Elia Kazan’s classic film.

The Third Condiment @ New Theatre

After a break in the surprisingly balmy air, the night's double-bill of new-writing continued with something different altogether.

Under the Impression @ New Theatre

First time playwright Tom Warren should be feeling very satisfied with his authorial achievements, which is more than can be said for his protagonist, Jacob, who is suffering from a pronounced case of

Rosencrantz & Guildernstern Are Dead @ New Theatre

Hamlet and his dilemmas- should he kill his uncle, should he be or not be- are familiar territory to those who know the play.

DV8's To Be Straight With You @ Nottingham Playhouse

Race, religion and sexuality: three highly volatile elements in today’s society which, when they meet, seem to explode into violence with depressing regularity.

Noughts and Crosses @ Nottingham Playhouse

Noughts and Crosses @ Nottingham Playhouse

The Richard Alston Dance Company @ Nottingham Playhouse

The Richard Alston Dance Company was launched in 1994 and has since become one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary dance companies; Alston himself being praised as one of the most influential

Mark Watson @ Lakeside

Mark Watson opened his sell-out show upon the balcony of the Djanogly Theatre, leaning out over the audience (indeed, directly above your intrepid reporter‘s head), shouting and gesticulating wildly

Half a Heartbeat & The Dragon Botherers @ New Theatre

After being grabbed by the hand and led to my seat by a capering girl in a polka dot petticoat and given a warm sticky Haribo by a stony-faced boy offering crack, I knew to expect something a degree m

Out of Order @ New Theatre

Out of Order, showing this week at the New Theatre is a farce. A good old fashioned farce with bodies in closets, women wearing corsets (and little else) and larger than life performances.

Into the Woods @ The Sandfield Theatre

Once upon a time, in a far off kingdom…

After Miss Julie @ New Theatre

After Miss Julie is a short and complex reworking of August Strindberg’s classic Miss Julie. The play features one night in post-war England; in the servants basement of a large country house.

G&S' The Mikado @ Nottingham Art's Theatre

"Virtue is only triumphant in theatrical productions" The Mikado himself proclaims in a climatic moment of this Gilbert and Sullivan production.