Last week I was able to chat to Ruth Osborne, Artistic Director of QL2 Dance Inc, when the group was in final rehearsal for its show Me Right Now. This week I was in the audience for its opening night at the Playhouse Theatre, where the show runs from 9-12 May. Me Right Now is an original...

Garrick Smith is a self-proclaimed “Titanic nut”. He has been fascinated by the ship and the tragedy of its sinking for as long as he can remember. It’s no surprise then that he has chosen to stage Titanic the Musical with local company theatre company Supa Productions to commemorate the...

What do the Muppets, Peter Allen, Joni Mitchell and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? They all featured in The Idea of North’s latest show (which I saw just last night). If you’re having trouble imagining this, read on, and most (not all) will be revealed. Before I start, I have to be...

One man. One hour. All three Lord of the Rings movies—the extended versions. Sound impossible? Not if you’re Charlie Ross. The premise of the show is basic—as the tagline says, ‘One nerd to perform the whole trilogy!’ What this doesn’t tell you is that this ‘one nerd’ manages...