by Susan Elkin | Dec 23, 2021
Lewis Renninson and Company in Chichester Festival Youth Theatre’s Pinocchio. Photo: Manuel Harlan Performed by CFT’s Youth Theatre. A year ago I watched this show on Zoom because Covid regulations were tightening by the hour. Then, they had to cancel the...
by Chris Abbott | Dec 18, 2021
I was not aware of Angel Shed Theatre Company before this visit, but I will certainly look forward to seeing more of their work in future. It’s always good to see young people developing their performance skills, whether that be through taking part in an...
by Chris Abbott | Dec 3, 2021
Putting on any school production is a major task, and to do so involving an enormous cast, a full orchestra and to a high standard is a great achievement. Well done, then, to Director Chris Chambers and all the team behind the Trinity School production of Shrek the...
by Susan Elkin | Dec 2, 2021
Chickenshed doesn’t believe in doing things by halves. A cast of 800 young people – yes, 800 (but not all at once) – and 23 adults demonstrate, yet again, just what this famously diverse, inclusive theatre company can do, even when their work has been...
by Susan Elkin | Oct 31, 2021
Our House is strange beast. It’s full of good tunes and ska vibrance but, as a jukebox musical the plot is weak – despite the valiant efforts of writer, Tim Firth. And in this production the complicated, rather clumsy double narrative plot is far from clear. It...
