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Reviewed: Gypsy at The Little Theatre
Everything's coming up roses as KW Productions stage the iconic musical. It's been a year since I started reviewing the musicals at The...
Jun 20, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Ghost: The Musical at The Little Theatre
A review of WAOS's production of Ghost: The Musical.
May 16, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Sucker Punch at Curve
A riveting exploration of race and boxing in 1980s Britain. My life is such that barely a week goes by without my attending at least one...
Apr 26, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Anything Goes at The Little Theatre
Leicester Operatic Players bring Broadway glamour to Leicester. All aboard the SS American! Cole Porter's Anything Goes is one of those...
Apr 18, 20235 min read
Reviewed: The Railway Children: A Musical at The Little Theatre
Pure, charming and uplifting period drama escapism. Edith Nesbit's children's book The Railway Children is a timeless classic. Whether...
Apr 1, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Noughts and Crosses at Curve
Noughts and Crosses ended its tour here in Leicester at Curve Theatre on April 1
Mar 30, 20233 min read
Reviewed: Mother Goose at Curve
Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop host a joyful visit to pantoland. Perhaps the biggest perk of this job is that we get to review various...
Mar 16, 20235 min read
Reviewed: Bread-making experience at Brockleby’s
Sally Smith went on a date night with a difference. As we approach the last days of winter and with the evenings starting to lighten,...
Feb 7, 20232 min read
Reviewed: Ocean at the End of the Lane at Curve
A magical masterpiece of monsters and mixed-up memories. What’s scarier? The monsters outside your house or the people inside it? Neil...
Feb 2, 20234 min read
Reviewed: Wizard of Oz at Curve
Having been postponed for the last few years due to the pandemic, Curve certainly did not hold back on this festive spectacle.
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Reviewed: 9 to 5: The Musical at The Little Theatre
Knighton Park Amateur Operatic Society are redefining the working day. Colin Higgins' 1980 office comedy, 9 to 5, was the perfect...
Nov 22, 20225 min read
Reviewed: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Curve
A star-studded show, just like the film. Hayley Mills is in Leicester this week starring in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel at Curve. As a...
Nov 4, 20224 min read
Reviewed: Sister Act at Curve
Bless this show, bless this review, bless it all. A wannabe nightclub singer, Deloris Van Cartier, witnesses her married, mobster lover...
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Reviewed: The Shawshank Redemption at Curve
It's time to get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. Contains spoilers! This freshly rewritten adaptation of Steven King's novella comes to...
Oct 11, 20223 min read
Reviewed: Bugsy Malone at Curve
The touring production could've been anything that it wanted to be... There's a real risk of my sounding like a broken record in this...
Oct 5, 20224 min read
Reviewed: A Country Night in Nashville at De Montfort Hall
The sound of country music filled the iconic concert hall. Country music is quintessentially American. It's spiritual home is the Grand...
Sep 22, 20222 min read
Reviewed: Bongo's Bingo XL at Leicester's Morningside Arena
Covered in Coco Pops, we went back to the 80s. Famous (or infamous) for crazy prizes and riotous fun, Bongo's Bingo came to Morningside...
Sep 8, 20225 min read
Reviewed: Billy Elliot the Musical at Curve
The new UK production of Billy Elliot the Musical is in full swing in Leicester. Directed by Nikolai Foster, the Made at Curve musical...
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Reviewed: Two nights in (Hotel) Brooklyn
Niche was invited to stay at the newly opened Leicester branch of Hotel Brooklyn. The hotel opened on July 4 - Independence Day, to keep...
Jul 18, 20226 min read
Reviewed: Afternoon Tea at The Station Master, Loughborough
The poppy-seeded sausage rolls were a hit. It' s no secret that I am rather partial to afternoon tea, so when myself and my partner Jason...
Jul 2, 20221 min read
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