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Preview of HEDDA GABLER at The Blue Room LN1
In Rehearsal: reading Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen Photograph by Richard Hall Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen version by Patrick Marber Directed by Tim Connolly Hedda has just returned from her honeymoon to a life that already feels too fixed and mundane. As complex relationships from her past resurface and unravel, Hedda is confronted with her life choices
debra Hall
May 221 min read


Stage Review POOR
Stage Review Poor writer - Katriona O'Sullivan Adaptor - Sonya Kelly Director - Roisin McBrinn Overview A true story from the memoir of Katriona O'Sullivan. A bright little girl, born into a hard up family with parents that had addictions. Her Irish father had moved to Coventry, in or around the late 60s early 70s, met the mother and so stayed. He was dealing drugs from the house sometimes. He was a chain smoker, a cheat and a compulsive liar and was in and out of prison for
debra Hall
May 83 min read


Stage Review Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty
Actor Mark Knightley (Sherlock Holmes) in Sherlock Holmes:The Hunt for Moriarty at Derby Theatre, May 2026 Photograph by Asun Olivan Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty Adapted and Directed by Nick Lane from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Writer Nick Lane has combined a good few of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and arrived at one mystery of Sherlock and his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty, for stage, Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty. The opening reveals the
debra Hall
May 62 min read


Preview of MAKE IT COUNT at Louth Riverhead Theatre
A new play MAKE IT COUNT at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June PREVIEW MAKE IT COUNT Writer: James Sweeney Director: John Hewer This June, at Louth Riverhead Theatre, Lincolnshire is writer, James Sweeney's debut play Make it Count; a three-hander, comedy-drama, about love, control and second chances. Brayden Kerr, Derek Hodges and Laura Thompson in Make it Count at Louth Riverhead Theatre this June 2026 Overview When Jonas dies unexpectedly, an afterlife error gives him the
debra Hall
May 31 min read


Stage Review Henry V
Actor Alfred Enoch in Henry V a RSC Production 2026 Photography Johan Persson Henry V ⭐⭐⭐⭐ by William Shakespeare Directed by Tamara Harvey Background Shakespeare's history play, Henry V theatrically drip feeds a tale from the middle ages; one which tells of strong bonds existing between England's nobility and the common people. Based on factual events and on real people including members of the English and French royal families for example, and those attached to court lif
debra Hall
Apr 104 min read


Stage Review Small Island
Mark Arends (Bernard) Daniel Ward (Gilbert) Anna Crichlow (Hortense) - Small Island at the Rep, Birmingham Photograph Pamela Raith Small Island ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Written by Andrea Levy Adapted for stage by Helen Edmundson Directed by Matthew Xia Overview Small Island plots around distinctive characters whose stories overlap. In rural Jamaica, the young Hortense is a teaching assistant
debra Hall
Apr 33 min read

















