The Sound of Music continues at the Grand Theatre, Leeds until 1 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Nikolai Foster keeps the story moving briskly along while allowing the 20-odd songs sufficient breathing space.
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I Should Be So Lucky – Grand Theatre, Leeds
I Should Be So Lucky was reviewed at the Grand Theatre, Leeds where it runs until 30 December 2023. The tour continues until 11 May 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
The King and I – Grand Theatre, Leeds and Touring
The King and I continues at the Grand Theatre, Leeds until 9 November 2019 and then tour until 2 May 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Famously (or infamously), the voice of Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film version of The King and I was dubbed (as it was for so many performers) […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Grand Theatre, Leeds and Touring
Kiss Me, Kate at the Grand Theatre, Leeds. The Opera North production plays four performances at the Alighieri Theatre in Ravenna, Italy before returning to the UK to play the London Coliseum from 20-30 June 2018. The show will then head for the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh from 4-7 July. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Reviewing Opera […]
Dieting drama Fat Friends shapes up for musical debut
This November a major new musical re-shaping of popular ITV drama Fat Friends will make its debut in Leeds, the hometown of its creator, top TV writer Kay Mellor. Written and directed by prolific Mellor and with original music by Nicholas Lloyd Webber, Fat Friends – The Musical will star West End favourite Jodie Prenger […]
Shrek the Musical – Harman directs the tour
Shrek the Musical will be heading out on its first ever tour of UK and Ireland from July 2014. The Drury Lane production will be directed by Nigel Harman who starred as Lord Farquaad in the West End production, a role which won him the 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in […]
