Theatre Reviews

Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape came to Lakeside Arts on Wednesday 15th February. Kenneth Alan Taylor starred in this one-man play as Krapp, an old man listening back to a tape he made in his youth and prime. As he reaches the end of his life, Krapp gradually begins...

Aristotle and Socrates Odyssey ponders the question: what goes on inside the minds of two of the world's greatest thinkers? The answer they come up with: not a lot. Amy Child and Ana Balanici review Nottingham New Theatre's bright new comedy....

Matthew Bourne's award-winning Sleeping Beauty is on an anniversary tour around the UK in celebration of 10 years since its premiere at Sadler's Wells. The production spent five days at Nottingham's Theatre Royal, delighting audiences with a gothic take on what is undeniably a well-loved fairytale. Impact's Sophie Robinson...

I’m sure I need not go into the nitty gritty of the plot. Suffice to say it is the tragedy to end all tragedies, a tale of death, betrayal, love and madness set in the backdrop of the 14th century Danish court. Kit Sinclair went down to the Nottingham...

The University of Nottingham's very own New Theatre (NNT), have put on a wide range of shows over the last term. The Defamation ran from 4th-6th December. Impact's Amy Child viewed this production, and reviews....

Dick Whittington is this year’s Nottingham Playhouse pantomime. A combination of laughs, bad jokes, and fun greets audiences as they flock into the theatre for some Christmas joviality. The pantomime opened on 25th November, and will run until the 14th January 2023. Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes attended press night on...

Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce was a smash hit on London’s West End in the late 1970’s and – in typical Ayckbourn fashion - is a black comedy set in the domestic sphere. It follows four couples (Ernest and Delia, Nick and Jan, Malcolm and Kate and Trevor and Susannah)...