Frankenstein presented by Tilted Wig at Cambridge Arts Theatre: Until Saturday, October 7 then touring.
This play is ingenious. It will become a classic. It is a joy. See it at least once. It’s clever and it’s funny. It supposes that...
Demon Dentist is enough to set your teeth on edge. It’s about a witch who steals children’s teeth. Instead of leaving a shiny pound coin under...
There is humanity and humour, and some great characterisation in this story of a couple fleeing war-blasted Syria. The play opens with The beekeeper, Nuri and...
It is a brave concept to create a musical devoted to Alan Turing. A fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, he was declared a genius when still...
The audience was on its feet and yelled for more as the curtain fell on the first night of Fishermen’s Friends at Cambridge Arts Theatre. This...
Of Mice and Men is a powerful production of a difficult and harrowing play. There are some outstanding performances from a strong cast. Based on the...
This is an elegant opera performed with wit and verve creating a sparkling evening of entertainment. English Touring Opera presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare with a superb...
Jeremiah Horrocks walked much of the way from his home in Toxteth Liverpool to take up his Cambridge place in 1632. The son of a watchmaker,...
This is a grown-up play. It is a play for today. It is funny, it is wise and the performances are a masterclass in theatre. Kris...
In a macabre twist on the seaside postcard cliché, Wish You Were Dead describes the holiday from Hell. The play has been adapted by Shaun McKenna from the...
Mog The Forgetful Cat by The Wardrobe Ensemble at Cambridge Arts Theatre. This is a delightful show, Judith Kerr’s story about Mog the Forgetful Cat is...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Cambridge University’s Marlowe Society at Cambridge Arts Theatre. This production reminded me of an old witticism. Noel Coward, having seen an...
In this riotous stage version of The Lavender Hill Mob (a beloved Ealing Comedy film from 1951), eight actors are on stage the whole of the...
The pantomime dames at Cambridge Arts Theatre are based on real women. Matt Crosby who plays them bases them on his mother, aunts, and grandmother. He...
It’s more a case of Nut-crackers. This show at Cambridge Junction is so far off the wall, it’s forgotten where the wall is. Apart from one...
Welcome to Radio HSDMT. It is Christmas Eve and on the “playhouse of the air” this commercial wireless station will present a radio version of the...
It is a lovely irony that a book that is all about how to catch your man and keep him can be performed so excellently on...
This is Mark Thomas deliberately being a bit of rough, writes ANGELA SINGER. Reflecting the atmosphere of the times – whereas he says, we have had...