The Secret Garden: The Musical continues at York Theatre Royal until 4 April 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The combined talents of an all-singing, playing, acting cast results in a magical, albeit abbreviated, version of the Secret Garden story.
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York debut for Debbie Isitt’s Military Wives – The Musical
BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer and director Debbie Isitt’s new musical based on the uplifting film Military Wives will receive its world premiere at York Theatre Royal in September
Music Review: Mayflies – York Theatre Royal production
MAYFLIES – Original Cast EP recording. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Creatives for premiere of Gus Gowland’s Mayflies
Tania Azevedo will direct the world premiere of award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright Gus Gowland’s new musical Mayflies at York Theatre Royal this spring.
Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights to play NT before UK tour dates
Emma Rice’s new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights will arrive at the National Theatre next month ahead of a UK tour. Co-produced by the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal and also directed by Rice, the re-imagining of the classic story which debuted at the Bristol Old Vic in October 2021 […]
Wuthering Heights – Bristol Old Vic and Touring
Wuthering Heights continues at the Bristol Old Vic until 6 November 2021 and then tours until 28 May 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Daredevil director Emma Rice is back on home territory for the launch of this in-your face musical version of Wuthering Heights, a co-production with Bristol Old Vic, York […]
Full cast and more tour venues announced for Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights
Wise Children has announced the full cast and further tour dates for the world premiere of artistic director Emma Rice’s eagerly awaited adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Ash Hunter (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre) will play Heathcliff opposite the previously announced Lucy McCormick (Life:LIVE! Battersea Arts Centre) as Cathy. They will be joined by Sam […]
New dates for world premiere of Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights
Wise Children has announced new launch dates for the world premiere of artistic director Emma Rice’s eagerly-awaited adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Co-produced by the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and York Theatre Royal and also directed by Rice, the re-imagining of the classic story will begin preview performances at Bristol Old Vic on […]
BBC iPlayer release for Rice’s Wise Children
Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer from this weekend for three months as part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine programme. The critically-acclaimed Wise Children co-production with The Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal will also air on BBC4 […]
Marie: A Life of Marie Lloyd – York Theatre Royal
Marie – A Life of Marie Lloyd was performed at York Theatre Royal. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I am not at all sure that my parents, whose birthdays stretched back almost into the Victorian era, would have approved of Marie Lloyd. They would have liked the songs but, respectable working class folk that […]
Little Mermaid – York Theatre Royal and Touring
Little Mermaid was reviewed at York Theatre Royal and continues touring. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Triple threat actors who can sing, dance and act have long been a cliché of musical theatre. In these pages, we have seen the development of that trope from triple to quadruple as many companies now […]
Piaf musical to be closing production in Jermyn Street Theatre’s new Reaction season
A musical tribute to the life of iconic Edith Piaf will be the final production in Jermyn Street Theatre’s packed spring/summer season. Devised by Annie Castledine, Elizabeth Mansfield and Steve Trafford, Hymn to Love will feature 13 of the French torch singer’s songs in new translations. A co-production with York Theatre Royal and Theatre by […]
Pride and Prejudice – York Theatre Royal
Pride and Prejudice continues at York Theatre Royal until 14 October. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ So, a post-modern musical adaptation of a Jane Austen novel. Whatever next? Music is only one of the vehicles used to comment on this much admired 19th century novel. Simultaneous with the action are expositions […]
Million Dollar Quartet – York Theatre Royal and Touring
Million Dollar Quartet was reviewed at York Theatre Royal and continues touring until 25 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Most people’s Mount Rushmore of rock‘n’roll stars would include Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, the four heroes at the core of Million Dollar Quartet. Some might […]
