Lucy Porter brings her hilarious Edinburgh show “People Person” to Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre.
Ashleigh Moore attended Jazzmanix Summer Concert, and explains why it was not to be missed.
Get yourself down with the Joneses says Ashleigh Moore about Theatre Group’s latest offering.
Bronwyn Scotland shares her opinion on Showstoppers’ Fame.
Fatima Thorlu witnessed all the action at SUSUPA Dance’s first competition.
Showcase 2013 opens with a humorous but moving piece written by Sam Dobson, subtly exploring dense themes such as age, time and memory, making brilliant use of a spinning bike-tyre to create a thought-provoking but fast-paced performance. The next piece was a witty number satirising office politics, written by Alexander Curtis, whose style reminded me…
Performing Arts has had a fantastic year, and there’s still a lot more to come. Here’s a round-up of what’s to come in the next couple of weeks.
Jamie Lloyd’s magnificent cast ‘dare do all’ in this gripping dystopian rendition of Shakespeare’s Scottish Play. It’s often a risk when an established Hollywood actor takes the lead in one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces – particularly in a highly publicised West End production. Yet for James McAvoy in Jamie Lloyd’s reworking of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the risk…
Showstoppers’ Parade in the Nuffield Theatre is a show not to be missed.
From Wednesday to Saturday, SUSU’s Showstoppers shall be performing the musical Parade. I got a chance to see one of the dress rehearsals as a preview to their first show in the Nuffield on Wednesday. The Nuffield show is the centrepiece of Showstoppers’ calendar, but talking to Peter Ward, one of SUSU Performing Art’s most…
Catch-22 is a solid piece of theatre that mixes naturalist elements with satire and absurdity in order to highlight the paradoxical notion of ‘catch 22’, a personification of a ‘no-win scenario’. Originally based on a book by Joseph Heller, the ensemble do a fine job of recreating his ‘comedy through repetition’ style with a mix…
Lift is a well-conceived piece of adult musical theatre.
As I stepped into the concert hall, I was greeted by a dimly lit stage bordered with flags and strewn with exotic instruments: a koto, tabla drums and a six stringed ukulele. I knew from first glance that it was going to be a show like no other. The lights went down, even lower, and…
For those of you who were there, we really wanted to give this 6 stars.