THIS dark and verbose comedy sees writer, Charles Condomine (Steve Reading) engineering a séance, commanded by the eccentric medium, Madame Arcati (Peta Reading) who manages to summon Charles’ dead first wife, Elvira (Jacquie Arnott), who proceeds in tormenting his current wife, Ruth Condomine (Julie Curry), to her death.
THE devilish Darryl Van- Horne (Adrian Hickford) glides into the provincial, Stepford wifely town of Eastwick.
THE Jungle Book is a dark tale of a boy, Mowgli (Elliot Swann), raised by wolves and mentored by Bagheera (Jack Tutt) and Baloo (Chevin Dash), who teach him jungle lore and morals about heroism, safety and friendship and protect him from the hypnotic Kaa (Leah Lloyd) and the arrogant Shere Khan (Steve Arnold of Coronation street fame, amongst other credits).
Hairspray is as big-hearted as its lead is big-boned. The show manages to accommodate the serious issues of segregation and human rights into an exuberant and frothy plot.
WRITTEN and directed by Helen Barrington, the Christmas Spectacular delivered all the seasonal bonhomie you would expect from a festive show.
MY first panto of Curtain Call 2015 was a home-grown affair, written by husband and wife team Alison and David Woolford, and with many stalwart Worthy Players taking to the stage, plus a few newcomers.
“IT saved our lives.” They are the words of a Hampshire mum who escaped her home with her one-year-old daughter after her carbon monoxide alarm went off.
THE show is a retelling of the Old Testament Bible story of Joseph and his coat of many colours, without religious references.
Bringing macabre to the stage, the musical closely follows the characters created in the cartoons of the same name, with a typically ghoulish storyline.
THERE can be few meetings more anticipated and anxietyridden than the potential in-laws meeting for the first time, but for Jean-Michel (Matt McGrath) it is to be avoided at all costs as Mum is a performing gay transvestite and Dad the drag nightclub owner.
