PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
Latest editorial
Little more than a posh pantomime
Susan Darlington reviews She Stoops to Conquer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
She Stoops to Conquer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2/5
If it’s not damning the company with faint praise, Northern Broadsides are usually dependably capable.
Similar stories
GEORGE FOGARTY is dazzled by a breathtakingly skillful puppet version of Shakespeare’s greatest love poem
WILL STONE is impressed by a tour de force rendition of three decades’ worth of orchestral chamber pop
GORDON PARSONS is blown away by a superb production of Rostand’s comedy of verbal panache and swordmanship
GORDON PARSONS is disappointed by an unsubtle production of this comedy of upper middle class infidelity