Goodbye 2020: A review roundup and a sigh of relief
This year is NEARLY over and we couldn't be more delighted but it wasn't all doom and gloom as we saw a lot of shows that moved, excited and challenged us. He...
Leeds Playhouse
5.0
Review: Connecting Voices: Orpheus in the Record Shop, Leeds Playhouse
Of all performances in the Connecting Voices series, it feels as though Orpheus in the Record Shop (OITRS) has the most obvious link to the recent pandemic and...
4.0
Review: Connecting Voices: Krapp’s Last Tape, Leeds Playhouse
Niall Buggy shuffles onstage as Krapp, the miserable outsider, eating a banana and preparing for his annual self-torture - a birthday recording documenting the...
2.0
Review: Connecting Voices: Dead and Wake, Leeds Playhouse
It was exhilarating to be inside a theatre building again, feeling the palpable buzz that spreads through an audience before a performance. It was a surprise t...
3.0
Review: Dr Blood’s Old Travelling Show, Leeds Playhouse
As I stand in my socially distanced space and Dr Blood's Old Travelling Show explodes out of the back of a white van, with the manic energy of a maca...
Can the older and younger generations work effectively together in theatre?
Why do the older and younger generations assume they have little in common? Here, a young theatremaker in Leeds writes first hand how working together can be a...