I find myself holding back the tears – that is how powerful the finale of this show is.
A show packed with moving words and memories about the city we love.
A dazzling display of elegance, strength and stamina
Brave and challenging, English Touring Opera really do deliver 'Opera That Moves'.
In this fresh English Touring Opera production, the morality of the tale shines through with a new-found relevance. Bravo ETO.
Throughout the near two-hour performance I’m rapt. I leave the Theatre Royal grateful to have witnessed such an assured, skilled and thoughtful act.
For all his ribald profanity, Gamble is an unusually old fashioned comic, building up mental pictures in the mind of an audience from a grain of truth, who then laugh loudest at situations that, but for the grace of God, go I.
Dispensing with the notion of a support act, we collectively jumped into the deep end, as he homed in on the brave souls on the front row. It's not unusual for a comic to break the ice with a bit of a chat with the audience before launching into the act, but it quickly became apparent this was the act. At times, he seemed less like a slick comic, and more like the funniest mate down the pub.
Tom Allen is the master of the pointed question, the cheeky put-down and the witty response
The promise of a five-star hit at Edinburgh is no guarantee of a good night out - the unique bubble of the Fringe can distort and filter perception - but this was one of most extraordinary, and genuinely unique, stand up shows I can recall seeing.
Get an insight to the Spitting Image co-creator Roger Law
After a disrupted opening in the spring, the Sainsbury Centre’s Art Nouveau exhibition has at last opened its doors to the public. Although, not in the way you’d probably expect.
There's no denying this was a musical and visual spectacular to satisfy the most jaded of palates. In writing this, I've had to wrestle with the jumble of songs now roaming my brain as conflicting ear worms do battle.
The tears and the laughter are still there, collectively delivered with true Yorkshire grit, and stoic Northern wit.
A true gem of a show, faithful to the film’s roots, and yet still honouring its core message that it is OK to be different.
A musical love story, doomed from the start, but with enough heart to steal you away until the final curtain.
Come on Norwich, let’s be ‘aving you, and let’s be off to see the wizard, too.
In these days of real horror and turmoil around the world, perhaps an occasional dose of Rodgers and Hammerstein's theatrical escapism is no bad thing.