Reviews

Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers in Private Lives at Malvern Theatres

Patricia Hodge and Nigel Havers are a joy to watch
IT is hard to imagine, but when Private Lives was first staged back in 1930, the “love scenes” in the second act were considered very risqué and only narrowly missed being censored by The Lord Chamberlain.

REVIEW: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Birmingham Hippodrome

REVIEW: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at the Birmingham Hippodrome

Former 'Eastenders' star Nigel Harmen heads up the stage adapatation of Dan Brown's smash hit novel.

REVIEW - Does 'Da Vinci' at the Grand crack the Film-to-Stage adapation code?

Same Time, Next Year at Malvern theatre this week

revew Same Time, Next Year is perfect if you need a dose of laughter

Arts group helps to banish those Covid blues

Arts group helps to banish those Covid blues

A beacon of light shining bright in our bleak midwinter

A beacon of light shining bright in our bleak midwinter

Mark my words, you're in for a rib-splitting time!

Mark my words, you're in for a rib-splitting time!

The Snow Goose... some sterling performances by a young cast.

Guardian angel takes to troubled skies

Malvern Theatres... a light shining brightly that heralds better times ahead.

Carol concert a beacon of light in the winter gloom

There will be fun galore at The Swan!

Tidings of great joy as shows get the go-ahead

Worcester Live's new initiative - Culture Call - reaches out to people during the current pandemic.

Worcester Live spreads a little happiness with new project

Worcester Cathedral is holding a series of recitals this autumn. Picture by John Phillpott.

Organ maestro Luke raises the rafters

Talk is cheap: Moa Myerson appears in Alan Bennett's Her Big Chance.

Fine performances hint at high hopes for the future

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Play represents first steps on the long road back

Malvern Theatres: It's vital that the arts continue to receive government aid.

Urgent action to save our theatres now needed

Malvern Theatres... a cash lifeline has been thrown.

Just a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel...

You can't keep a good man down

You can't keep a good man down

Hole truth... Leona Allen and James Backway.

Hole-some entertainment for all age groups

German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi burn the boards with their dancing.

Tango sets the stage ablaze

Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood... a musical marriage made in heaven.

Southern cooking goes down a treat

Beautiful

Star-crossed lovers... Phoebe Marshall and Rupert Hill in Lady Chatterley's Lover.

No nudes could well be good news

Dr Feelgood... prescribes a dose of real rock and roll.

True rock and roll... Feelgoods keep the faith

High drama: Tracy Shaw and Mark Jordon star in The Cat and the Canary.

More twists and turns than a Cornish cliff top path

Best feet forward... The Richard Alston Dance Company.

A sad farewell rather than au revoir

Jennifer Saunders... absolutely fabulous.

Coward tapped into the spirit of the times

The Broken Elephant... a cracking read.

It's a story that you'll never forget

Superb... Will Barton as Boris Johnson.

Loads of laughs on anger island

Tough love... Michael Moreland as The Monster.

You've got to have your creature comforts

This herald angel brings tidings of great... truth

This herald angel brings tidings of great... truth

Pant-astic! Left to right, Aaron Jenson (Aladdin), John Challis (Abanazar) and Mark James (Wishee Washee).

Madcap Mark's star burns bright on this December night

Genevieve Lowe as Snow White. Picture by Beth Martyn Smith.

I guess it's looking a lot like Christmas!

Mike Sanchez... Britain's leading exponent of classic rhythm and blues.

Arise Sir Mike... a knight to remember

Helen George... not a woman to trifle with.

Dark, brooding... and oozing with menace

Clare Teal... a jazz voice to be reckoned with.

Teal's the real deal when it comes to feel

Superb: Robert Lindsay and Victoria Blunt in Prism.

Life's fading light glimmers in the darkness

Cabaret: Deliciously decadent amid the darkness of Nazi Germany.

Worcester man creates a stage masterpiece

Worcester Musical Theatre Company... served up a rip-roaring show.

This show's an absolute blast... don't miss it!

For heaven's sake, don't mention the 'c' word...

Farce from the madding crowd

The Goldhawks... faithful reproduction of Pete Townsend's Tommy album.

The Goldhawks are really talking about my generation

The Birling house... more like the Bates Motel in Hitchcock's Psycho.

Inspector lifts the lid of this can of worms

Their lives are not on track... Samantha Womack and Oliver Farnworth star in The Girl on the Train.

This ghost train is about to run off the rails

Mount Etna, Sicily. The lava may flow quite freely but the music certainly doesn't. Picture by John Phillpott.

Godfather theme might have been acceptable I suppose

Malvern Theatres... an absolute monster of a show!

Nothing drags in this monster of a show!

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Nothing drags in this monster of a show!

The British soldiers held the left-hand side of the Mons canal. Did they really see angels or bowmen in the sky, or were they hallucinating?

The Angels of Mons... the truth is out there somewhere

Ghastly crustacean: Wilf Williams as Caliban.

The Tempest takes the city by storm

Jane Eyre... another great success for Malvern Theatres.

Jane triumphs over all the odds

Friendsical: A hugely talented cast, but can't we all calm down now and again?

Friendsical frenzy gets a bit wearing after a while

Fading star: Pip Donaghy as Billy Rice and Shane Richie as Archie Rice.

Time has run out for our tragic showman

Disney The Lion King

Disney The Lion King

Stroke of genie-us: The stars of Aladdin are all set for this year's Malvern Theatres panto.

Panto's only fools and courses for Boycie

Little Miss Sunshine just doesn't cut it as a musical.

This musical runs out of road

Fort Royal park reverberates to the sound of music rather than cannon fire...

Orchard Band takes Fort Royal by storm