The Regina Monologues

As a student I never really got to grips with the wives of Henry VIII. ‘Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced beheaded, survived’ meant absolutely nothing to me.  Unfortunately ‘The Regina Monologues’ presented by Tidemark Theatre wasn’t around when it mattered, … Read More

Andy’s Promise

NUTS are a group that attend the Fringe on a yearly basis and it is assured that their performances are always of a high quality, and this years production written and directed by Edward Berresford is certainly upto previous … Read More

Equus

Cancelled!

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Lolita

This is more like the Act Provocateur International I have become used to. Never afraid to take a chance, Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial piece has been adapted into 55 minutes by Victor Sobchak and Andy McQuade and given a late … Read More

Talk Radio

When you get an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show which includes; Will Adamsdale, Stephen K Amos, Tara Flynn, Tony Law, Mike McShane, Phil Nichol and Tiffany Stevenson you immediately think oh yes a comedy!  When it is an Underbelly Production … Read More

Breakfast With Johnny Wilkinson

Having previously seen ‘An Evening with Gary Lineker’ and despite disliking football more than just a little I was actually looking forward to seeing Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson’. I enjoy rugby and knowing it was based on the Rugby … Read More

The Heart is Nicotine

This interesting piece of theatre, performed by hi-5 Theatre Company,  written and directed by Stephanie Smith, is an amalgam of theatre and film with some of the action being staged and projected at the same time. The action also … Read More

No Exit

This young company take on this excellent, hard-hitting play written by Jean-Paul Satre, take it on any emerge victorious. The play centres around three characters, Garcin, Patric Byrnes, a journalist and maybe coward, Inez, Sophia McKinnon, a postal worked … Read More

The Unattended

The nerve centre of a Newcastle shopping centre during the long boring hours of the night, the domain of two security guards, both one time policemen, both watching but what are they actually seeing? The premise for an hours … Read More