Courtroom Play: A Courtroom Play 5*****

I really enjoy Chekhov’s Bear, and this play has the same sort of feel: gently preposterous premise, characters you immediately care about, and a script that straddles the line of credulity. For the production itself, the set is relatively minimal, … Read More

The Story Beast: Myths, Monsters and Mayhem 2**

We begin by meeting our storyteller, The Story Beast – who is brilliantly played by John Henry Falle. Thus begins an hour of high energy storytelling, interspersed with audience participation, the appearance of Mandy the witch and a reciting of … Read More

Westminster Hour – Andy Paterson 4****

A new and very topical play by Andy Paterson at Sweet Novotel about politicians and sleaze, which does not even mention the word Brexit once!  The action takes place in the evening following the passing of a new law by … Read More

Breathing Corpses – Bats – 3***

An hotel maid enters a room and finds a dead body. A storage unit is giving off a strange smell. A body with a severed head is found in the park. In a Pulp Fiction-esque scenario, each scene of this … Read More

Arr we there yet? 5*****

Welcome aboard the Yellow Rubber Duckie! Head First Acrobats are back with another rip-roaring adventure. The trio of sailors are again on a mission to find treasure, and to finally establish which of the boys is the captain! This is … Read More

Angela Barnes: Rose-Tinted 4****

Angela Barnes star definitely seems to be on the rise at the moment as she is regularly involved in TV and radio, either appearing or writing for others. She is a plain spoken, working class woman with an opinion and … Read More

UniverSoul Circus: Hip Hop Under the Big Top 5*****

WOW!  UniverSoul Circus have to be one of the coolest and most colourful shows out there, this is a show that you should definitely go to see.

Hip Hop Under the Big Top promised to deliver edge-of-your-seat performances and … Read More

Phil Ellis is Ready for the Big Time 4****

From the minute Phil arrives in the room wearing roller skates, to the tune I’m Still Standing, his trademark shambolic but jovial humour sets the tone for the rest of this cleverly constructed show.  This is not a formulaic stand up … Read More

Justin Moorhouse: Northern Joker 4****

Justin Moorhouse is exactly what he says, he’s from the north, Manchester (south of here) and he tells jokes. He has such a relaxed style and obviously oodles of experience as his delivery and timing show.

In what was a … Read More

Rob Rouse – Are You Sitting Comfortably 4****

Rob Rouse is a middle-aged married man who takes the audience on a hilarious journey from the point in his life that he decided to give up his stable but impoverished career as a Geography teacher to become a comedian, … Read More