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Reviews and previews of theatre productions in the York area.

Casting complete for As You Like It
9:55am Friday 9th May 2008
DIRECTOR Roger Calvert's cast is in place for York Shakespeare Project's open-air production of As You Like It.

Auditions for Ryedale Festival Community Opera
9:53am Friday 9th May 2008
Ryedale Festival Community Opera is looking for singers, dancers, performers and musicians of all ages and abilities to audition next week for this summer's production.

Preview: The Scarlet Pimpernel, York Theatre Royal, May  14 to 24Preview: The Scarlet Pimpernel, York Theatre Royal, May 14 to 24
9:20am Fri 9 May 08
TONI Feetenby describes Marguierite, the character she plays in The Scarlet Pimpernel, as feisty'.

Preview: LazyTown, Grand Opera House, York, May 14
9:10am Friday 9th May 2008
FOR the first time, the children's television show LazyTown is on tour in a live show with a new British cast.

Preview: The Beggar’s Opera, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, May 14 to 17Preview: The Beggar’s Opera, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, May 14 to 17
9:04am Fri 9 May 08
The Beggar's Opera, York Opera's spring production at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre from Wednesday to Saturday, is not really an opera at all.

Review: Bacchic, Actors of Dionysus, York Theatre Royal
10:36am Thursday 8th May 2008
IN A TALE depicting the struggle of being caught between heaven and earth, artistic director Tamsin Shasha portrays a demi-god's fall from grace in Bacchic.

Review: Patient No 1, York Theatre Royal Studio, until May 17
10:35am Thursday 8th May 2008
DO YOU have to be a little mad to be a politician? And, beneath the flippancy of that opening gambit, have some politicians actually been, well, a touch insane while in office?
User Rating: 7.3/10     

Review: Laurel And Hardy, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until May 10
11:17am Monday 5th May 2008
FUEL and food prices on the rise, the credit crunch ever crunchier, this is not the best time to advise a spot of frivolous spending.
User Rating: 8.5/10     

Preview: Actors of Dionysus present Bacchic, York Theatre, Royal, May 6; Harrogate Theatre, June 18 Preview: Actors of Dionysus present Bacchic, York Theatre, Royal, May 6; Harrogate Theatre, June 18
11:13am Fri 2 May 08
AMONG the library of pictures from the Actors of Dionysus's days in York is one of actress Tamsin Shasha swinging on gymnastic bars like a cat.

Preview: Hapgood, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 24Preview: Hapgood, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 24
11:01am Fri 2 May 08
Introducing… Josie Lawrence as a spymaster in Hapgood, Tom Stoppard’s Eighties’ game of physics and espionage.
User Rating: 10/10     

Preview: Fast Labour, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 17Preview: Fast Labour, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 17
10:42am Fri 2 May 08
IN his new play Fast Labour, Eastern Europe meets East Anglia as Steve Waters focuses on the growing culture of human exploitation by gangmasters, delving below the surface to reveal the world of the asylum seeker.

Preview: Patient No. 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, until May 17Preview: Patient No. 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, until May 17
10:36am Fri 2 May 08
DONALD Freed, America's most forthright political dramatist and now writer-in-residence at York Theatre Royal, is answering a call of conscience.
User Rating: 7.5/10     

Review: Fast Labour, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 17Review: Fast Labour, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, until May 17
9:20am Fri 2 May 08
HIS story is familiar to the English-working class, says playwright Steve Waters, who suggests the lot of the rural worker has never been fun.

Preview: Playhouse Disney Live!, Grand Opera House, York, May 20 and 21 Preview: Playhouse Disney Live!, Grand Opera House, York, May 20 and 21
11:24am Fri 25 Apr 08
Playhouse Disney Live! blasts off for an adventure at the Grand Opera House, York, on May 20 and 21.
User Rating: 9.3/10     

Preview: Patient No 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, May 1 to 17Preview: Patient No 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, May 1 to 17
11:18am Fri 25 Apr 08
INTRODUCING...American actor Jon Farris, making his British stage debut as the psychiatrist to George W Bush in Donald Freed's political tragi-farce Patient No 1.
User Rating: 7.5/10     

Review: Born In Bethlehem, Al-Harah Theatre, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, tonight at 7.30pm
1:37pm Thursday 24th April 2008
AL-HARAH Theatre is making York theatre history this week as the first Palestinian company to play the Theatre Royal.
User Rating: 8.7/10     

Review: Horrible Histories, The Terrible Tudors, Grand Opera House, York, until SaturdayReview: Horrible Histories, The Terrible Tudors, Grand Opera House, York, until Saturday
1:34pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Ever wanted to see legendary historical figures as they lived back then? If so, prepare yourselves for the highly-animated theatre production of The Terrible Tudors.
User Rating: 8.2/10     

Studs, Hull Truck Theatre, until May 3Studs, Hull Truck Theatre, until May 3
9:40am Wed 23 Apr 08
HULL Truck has a long history of staging sporting endeavours, from rugby league to football, skiing to darts, crown bowls to keep-fit, judo to wrestling, horse-racing to more rugby league.

Preview: Patient No. 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, May 1 to 17Preview: Patient No. 1, The Studio, York Theatre Royal, May 1 to 17
12:12pm Fri 18 Apr 08
York Theatre Royal will present Patient No. 1, a stark comic satire set in a not-too-distant future by American political writer Donald Freed, the theatre's playwright in residence, from May 1 to 17.
User Rating: 1/10     

Trio sees Alan step downTrio sees Alan step down
12:03pm Fri 18 Apr 08
ALAN Ayckbourn will conclude his tenure as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, with The Things That Go Bump season, three Ayckbourn plays about the ghosts that lurk in the dark corners of all our minds.

Review: Me And My Girl, New Earswick Musical Society, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, until April 19Review: Me And My Girl, New Earswick Musical Society, Joseph Rowntree Theatre, York, until April 19
10:35am Thu 17 Apr 08
THE Lambeth Walk musical by Yorkshireman Noel Gay pops up every handful of years in York: York Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society in 1997, York Light Opera Society in 2003, and now New Earswick Musical Society.
User Rating: 10/10     

Review: Thriller Live, Grand Opera House, York
10:34am Thursday 17th April 2008
THIS "musical celebration featuring the hit songs of Michael and The Jackson 5" left me slightly confused about what the show was trying to achieve.
User Rating: 9.4/10     

Review: Cattle Call, Phoenix Dance Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, today at 2pm, 7.30pm
11:00am Saturday 12th April 2008
AFTER the first night, artistic director and choreographer Javier De Frutos let it be known he would prefer Phoenix Dance Theatre's first full-length dance drama to be considered as a musical.
User Rating: 5.5/10     

Charles Hutchinson reviews Three Men In A BoatCharles Hutchinson reviews Three Men In A Boat
10:16am Fri 11 Apr 08
IN a fog of Victorian pipe smoke, Jerome (John Sackville) and his accident-prone friend Harris (Jonathan Race) and City slacker George (Drew Mulligan) are slumped in their armchairs. What they need is rest and a complete change: a trip up the Thames.
User Rating: 6.7/10     
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Tommy rocks in
9:35am Friday 11th April 2008
YORK Stage Musicals will present the York premiere of The Who's classic rock opera Tommy at the Grand Opera House, York, from September 9 to 13.
User Rating: 1/10     

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