theatre

Amelia Cropley Much to my excitement, alongside many other Harper Lee fans, Nottingham is the current proud host to the astonishing stage adaptation To Kill A Mockingbird that is touring its way through the UK. And what is not unlike the book, the night was filled with a harsh...

Nottingham, get ready to hit pivot and pour a cup of coffee – Friends! The Musical Parody makes its spirited appearance at the Theatre Royal...

Katie Barr Hamlet: The Rest is Silence isn’t your everyday Shakespeare revival. This reimagined, community-led version of the Bard’s famous tragedy was staged in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre Royal Concert Hall Nottingham as part of the Shakespeare Nation programme. The result? A heartfelt, occasionally uneven, but...

Leah Khor Nottingham’s very own Theatre Royal flings open its doors to the gloriously blasphemous, wildly funny musical The Book of Mormon, running throughout the month of June. Since its Broadway premiere in 2011, the musical has been spreading its banter and feel good tunes across the world, and...

Leah Khor  Five minutes into … Earnest?, the lead actor didn’t come out on cue. A moment later, the “director” stormed onto the stage, announcing they might have to cast someone from the audience for the role of Earnest. Normally, that’s when the curtains come down, but this time, it’s all part...

Amelia Cropley Bleak and desolate Yorkshire moors, mysterious houses with hidden occupants and gothic heroines with gothic turns, Charlotte Brontë’s most acclaimed novel Jane Eyre will never not be on a reading list. It continues to this day to be a tale loved for many reasons, but its levels...

Katie Barr There’s nothing quite like a gripping whodunnit to electrify an audience, and the showing of Murder on the Orient Express at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal is a first-class journey into intrigue. Impact reviewer, Katie Barr tells us all of Agatha Christie’s classic detective tale, brought to life in...