Modern Theatre Reviews
Alphabetical Listing

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Production

Genre

Date

39 Steps, The

Adventure

40th Anniversary Gala

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre and Guests

42nd Street

Musical

Abduction from the Seraglio, The

Opera

Absurd Person Singular

Comedy

Adventures of Mr. Broucek, The

Opera

Aida

Opera

All The Fun of the Fair

Musical

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Dance

And Then There Were None

Murder Mystery

Anne Sophie Duprels

Concert

Annie

Musical

Annie Get Your Gun

Musical Comedy

Another Paradise

Comedy/Drama

Anything Goes

Musical

April in Paris

Comedy

Aspects of Love

Musical

As Time Goes By

Ballet

As You Like It

Comedy

WY Playhouse

British Shakespeare Co.

Avenue Q

Musical

Bad Girls - The Musical

Musical

Ballet Central

Ballet

2010 Tour

2009 Tour

2008 Tour

Barbershopera: Apocalypse No!

Comic Opera

Bartered Bride, The

Comic Opera

Beauty and the Beast

Ballet

Beauty and the Beast

Musical

Beauty and the Beast

Ice Dance

Bedroom Farce

Comedy

Beyond the Barricade: At Christmas

Concert

Big Ballet, The

Ballet/Dance

Big Smoke, The

A Capella Musical

Blonde Bombshells of 1943

Musical

Blood Brothers

Musical

Bollywood Jane

Drama with music

Bonheur (Le cabaret le Lido)

Cabaret

Brainiac Live

Science Show

Brief Encounter

Drama

Broadway's Spirit of Christmas

Musical

Burglars Opera, The

Comic Opera

Burn the Floor

Dance

Bus

Drama

Cabaret

Musical

Calendar Girls

Comedy

Canterbury Tales, The

Comedy/Drama

Car Man, The

Dance Theatre

Carmen

Opera Sung in French

Carmina Burana

Flamenco Dance

Carousel

Musical

Casanova

Comedy

Cats

Musical

Caucasian Chalk Circle, The

Drama

Cendrillon (Cinderella)

Ballet

Paris Opera Ballet

Charley's Aunt

Comedy

Chess

Musical

Chicago

Musical

Chinese State Circus

Circus Show

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Musical

Choreographic Showcase

Dance

Northern Ballet/Phoenix Dance Theatre

Chris Addison

Comedy Stand-up

Christmas Carol, A

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet Theatre

Ballet Ireland

Cinderella

Ballet

Matthew Bourne

European Ballet

Cinderella on Ice

Ice Dance

Imperial Ice Stars

Cirque de Glace

Ice Dance

Russian Ice Stars

Cleopatra

Ballet

Northern Ballet

Comedy of Errors, The

Comedy

Companhia de Danca Deborah Colker: Cruel

Dance

Company Along the Mile

Comedy

Convicts Opera, The

Opera

Coppelia

Ballet

Russian Classical Ballet Theatre

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Russian Classical Ballet Theatre

Russian Classical Ballet Theatre

Moscow Ballet La Classique

Corrie!

Comedy

Cosi Fan Tutte

Opera

Count of Monte Cristo, The

Drama

Counted

Drama

Country Girl, The

Drama

Country Wife, The

Comedy

Crash

Drama

Dads Army Marches On

Comedy

Dancing Queen

Tribute Show

Dangerous Liaisons

Ballet

Northen Ballet Theatre

Dead Funny

Comedy

Defending the Caveman

Comedy

Deranged Marriage, The

Comedy

Diaghilev and the Red Shoes

Ballet

Ballet Ireland

Dial M for Murder

Mystery

Dido and Aeneas /
Acis and Galatea

Opera

Die Fledermaus

Ballet

Ballet Ireland

Dinnerladies

Comedy

Dinnerladies: Second Helpings

Comedy

Doctor Doolittle

Musical

Don't You Leave Me Here

Drama

Don Carlos

Opera

Don Quixote

Comedy

Dorian Gray

Dance Theatre

Dracula

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet Theatre

Dreadful Hours, The

Drama

Dream of an Egyptian Night

Dance

Dreamboats and Petticoats

Musical

Duchess of Malfi, The

Tragedy

East is East

Comedy

Edward Scissorhands

Dance Theatre

Elixir of Love, The

Opera

Elmina's Kitchen

Drama

Enfants du Paradis, Les

Ballet

Paris Opera Ballet

English Game, The

Comedy

Eva Cassidy Story, The: Over the Rainbow

Musical

Evening of Burlesque, An

Burlesque Show

Evita

Musical

Tour

London

Falstaff

Opera

Fahrenheit Twins, The

Comedy/Drama

Fast Labour

Drama

Feast of Gilbert and Sullivan, A

Concert

Feerie (La Bal du Moulin Rouge)

Cabaret

Fiddler on the Roof

Musical

Flashdance

Musical

Foxes

Comedy/Drama

Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune

Comedy/Drama

From Here to There

Ballet

From the House of the Dead

Opera

Gareth Richards and WitTank

Comedy Double Header

Giselle

Ballet

Northern Ballet

Royal Ballet

Go Between, The

Chamber Opera

Goodies Still Rule Ok, The

Comedy sketch show

Guys and Dolls

Musical

Grease

Musical

Grouch, The

Comedy

Hair Spray

Musical

Half a Sixpence

Musical

Hallé - New Year Viennese Concert

Concert

Hamlet

Ballet

Northern Ballet

Hapgood

Comedy Drama

Harder They Come, The

Musical

Hay Fever

Comedy

WY Playhouse

Peter Hall

Hayley Westenra, Jonathan Ansell - Valentines Tour

Concert

Hedda Gabler

Drama

Henry V

Drama

High School Musical

Musical

High School Musical 2

Musical

High Society

Musical

History Boys, The

Comedy

Hitch

Drama

H.M.S. Pinafore

Comic Operetta

Hobson's Choice

Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Hot Mikado

Musical

Hound of the Baskervilles, The

Comedy/Thriller

Hounding of David Oluwale, The

Drama

How Many Miles to Basra

Drama

Into the Little Hill

Opera

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow / Me as a Penguin

Comedy/Drama

Jane McDonald

Concert

Jekyll and Hyde

Musical

Jerry Springer - The Opera

Operetta

Jewels

Ballet

Johann Strauss Gala

Dance/Concert

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Musical

Journey's End

Drama

Kate Rusby

Concert

Keeler

Drama

Keeping Up Appearances

Comedy

Kellerman

Drama

Ken Dodd Happiness Tour

Comedy

King Lear

Tragedy

L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato

Opera

La Bayadere

Ballet

St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre

Ladies Day

Comedy

Ladies Down Under

Comedy

Lady in the Van, The

Comedy

Lady Salsa

Musical

Lauren MacColl and the MacCollective

Concert

La Fille Mal Gardee

Ballet

Paris Opera Ballet

22nd June 2007

Birmingham Royal Ballet

6th July 2006

La Traviata

Opera

La Voix Humane

Opera

Last of the Summer Wine: The Moonbather

Comedy

Laughter In The Rain

Musical

Laurencia

Ballet

Mikhailovsky Ballet

Le Grand Cirque

Circus Show

Le Grand Cirque: Fantazie

Circus Show

Le Theatre De Decadence

Burlesque & Variety Show

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Ballet

Les Miserables

Musical

Lesley Garrett in Recital

Concert

Lion and The Jewel, The

Comedy

Lisa Knapp

Concert

LOL (Lots Of Love)

Dance

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Comedy

Lord of the Rings, The

Musical

Love and Loss

Ballet

Lucy Porter: Fools Gold

Comedy Stand-up

Macbeth

Tragedy

Madame Butterfly

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Madame Butterfly

Opera

Mid Wales Opera

Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band: Carols and Capers

Concert

Magic Flute, The

Opera

Manhattan Sound

Concert

Mayerling

Ballet

Royal Ballet

Mela

Drama

Memory Lane 2

Variety

Mercy and Grand: The Tom Waits Project

Concert

Merry Widow, The

Operetta

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Comedy

Midnight Tango

Dance

Midsummer Nights Dream, A

Comedy

British Shakespeare Company

British Shakespeare Company

Midsummer Nights Dream, A

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet Theatre

Midsummer Nights Dream, A

Opera

Mill, The

Performance Theatre

Mixed Programme

Ballet

Miami City Ballet

Miami City Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Moby Dick

Drama

Monkey

Drama

Moscow State Circus: Legenda

Drama

Much Ado About Nothing

Comedy

Murder With Love

Murder Mystery

My Fair Lady

Musical

My Mother Said I Never Should

Drama

New Statesman, The

Comedy

Night at the Opera, A

Opera

Nutcracker, The

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

State Ballet Academy of Minsk

Moscow City Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Scottish Ballet

English Youth Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Russian State Ballet of Siberia

Northern Ballet Theatre

Ballet Ireland

Krasnoyarsk State Ballet

Chisinau National Ballet

Nutcracker, Matthew Bourne's

Dance

Oklahoma

Musical

One Man Lord of the Rings

Action/Comedy

Onegin

Ballet

Royal Ballet

Optimism

Comedy

Othello

Tragedy

Northern Broadsides

Icarus, Original Theatre Co. and Sth. Hill Park

Others

Drama

Our House

Musical

Panic

Comedy

Paradise Moscow

Operetta

Joe Pasquale

Concert

Peter Pan

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet Theatre

Peter Grimes

Opera

Phoenix Dance: Crossing Points

Dance

Phoenix Dance: Declarations

Dance

Phoenix Dance: Reflected

Dance

Pinocchio

Opera

Pitmen Painters, The

Comedy/Drama

Pomp and Circumstances

Ballet

Portrait, The

Opera

Privates on Parade

Musical

Race, The

Performance

Rachel Unthank and the Winterset

Concert

Railway Children, The

Drama

Ramayana, The

Drama

Rat Pack, The

Tribute Show

Rebecca

Thriller

Reservoir Dogs

Thriller

Riverdance

Irish Stepdance

Robin Ince's Bad Book Club

Comedy

Romeo and Juliet

Tragedy

Romeo and Juliet

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Stuttgart Ballet

Dutch National Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Ross Presto Magic Show, The

Variety

Rough Crossings

Drama

Ruddigore

Operetta

Rusalka

Opera

Salonika

Drama

Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican

Stand-up

Scuffer

Comedy

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Musical

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told

Dance

Sherlock Holmes: The Athenaeum Ghoul

Mystery

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life

Drama

Singin' in the Rain

Musical

Sister Act

Musical

Skin Deep

Opera

Slava's Snow Show

Mime Show

Sleeping Beauty, The

Ballet

St. Petersburg Theatre Ballet

Moscow City Ballet

Sleeping Beauty Tale, A

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Sopranos, The

Concert

Sound of Murder, The

Murder Mystery

Sound of Music, The

Musical

Tour

London

South Pacific

Musical

Spamalot

Musical

Tour

London

Spartacus

Ballet

The Bolshoi Ballet

Spider's Web

Mystery

Springfields Story, The

Concert

Stacey Kent

Concert

Starlight Express

Musical

Station, The

Drama

Stephen Petronio Dance Company

Dance

Sunshine Boys, The

Comedy

Storeroom, The

Comedy Drama

Swan Lake

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Northern Ballet Theatre

St. Petersburg Theatre Ballet

Ballet Ireland

English National Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Prague State Opera Ballet

English National Ballet

St. Petersburg Theatre Ballet

Moscow City Ballet

Matthew Bourne

Swan Lake on Ice

Ice Dance

The Imperial Ice Stars

The Imperial Ice Stars

Sweeney Todd

Comedy

Sweet Charity

Musical

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Sylvia

Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Tale of Two Cities, A

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

Tchaikovsky Celebration Gala

Dance

Tell Me On A Sunday

Musical

Tempest, The

Comedy

Baxter Theatre Centre

Northern Broadsides

Tender Dearly

Drama

Thorn Birds

Musical

Those Magnificent Men

Comedy/Drama

There's Something About Simmy

Comedy

Three Musketeers, The

Ballet

Northern Ballet Theatre

To Kill A Mocking Bird

Drama

Tony Hawks: Random Fun

Comedy

Top Hat

Musical

Trainspotting

Black Comedy/Drama

Turn of the Screw

Opera

Twelfth Night

Comedy/Drama

Theatre Royal Pymouth

WY Playhouse

Ugly

Drama

Verdict

Drama

Viennese Romance

Concert

Viennese Strauss Gala, A

Concert

Wait Until Dark

Thriller

Wars of the Roses

Drama (Trilogy)

West Side Story

Musical

When We Are Married

Comedy

Where's Vietnam?

Comedy

Wicked

Musical

Witches of Eastwick, The

Musical

Witness for the Prosecution, The

Drama

Wiz, The

Musical

World Class Russian Ballet Stars

Ballet

Wuthering Heights

Ballet

Year of the Rat

Tragi/Comedy

Yellowman

Drama

Yes, Prime Minister

Comedy


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