Regional Theatre, what are you watching?

[Kayemm]

I wondered if there would be interest in a thread about theatre that isn't London? Any theatre from the big ones to your local.

I have tickets for...

Operation Mincemeat at The Lowry
Road at The Royal Exchange
The Tempest, The Cherry Orchard, Driftwood and Arturo Ui at the RSC.
The Thrill of Love, a play about Ruth Ellis at Wigan Little Theatre.

Went to see Blood Brothers today in Hertford, it was excellent and even though i have seen it several times when it was in the West End , it really got me.

We are going to Stratford laters in October to see As You Like it,

@Kayemm, I liked Teechers but didnt love it. The performances were great, but found the the play itself a bit disjointed. (In comparison, I saw Bouncers last year and loved that.)

I watched Malory Towers in Bath this week with my Mum and daughter, we all loved it.

Good to know, I've booked Malory Towers for June!

It was on my list in 2020 but obviously the world ground to a halt, so I was very pleased to see it come back. Ive seen a couple of Wise Children productions since then and loved them.

I do love their productions, every little detail is so carefully thought out. I hope that you enjoy it.

Enjoyed Bank of Dave. It was very funny if a bit surreal at times. It was obviously an appreciative local audience so I do wonder how it would transfer to other areas.

Ooh, I'm seeing BoD later this week. Sounds promising.

I once saw a play about Enron that included dancing dinosaurs so im definitely game for 'funny and a bit surreal'.

I think it perhaps needs refining a little. But for a first run of a brand new musical before it transfers to Curve it’s very promising.

The cast are very talented. Hayley Tamaddon & Claire Moore are incredible. (Ds’s friend is in it too)

No dancing dinosaurs but I raise you (not going to tell you exactly what, you’ll see).

Saw and loved this.
The SJT is my (relatively) local theatre and I have tickets for a few things coming up theire - next is Spitfire Girls in a couple of weeks.

I love the SJT. it's about a 2 hrs drive for me, but it's probably been my most visited theatre in the last few years. I haven't ever come away annoyed that something was disappointing, they always seem to have entertaining shows, and often very joyful ones (I'm pretty sick of worthy deep stuff). Plus it's a great auditorium and the prices are excellent. I'm also seeing Spitfire Girls in a couple of weeks.

(Highlight of a trip to Scarbs in addition to the SJT, is a trip to Winking Willie's.)

Spitfire Girls sounds interesting. I’m surprised it’s not coming to the New Vic given our local connection with the Spitfire.

We saw Mockingbird in Leeds last Autumn and I loved it. I couldn’t work out how they’d stage such a long and complicated story. I wasn’t disappointed.

Coming up - Brassed Off in Leeds Playhouse in June and Mean Girls in Sheffield in November.

I’m curious about Trainspotting The Musical, which I have seen advertised in York. It doesn’t feel like a very musically kind of story.

I'd like to see Brassed Off

I’m going to Brassed Off, saw it at the New Vic a few years back and it was great.

Going to The Park theatre in Finsbury Park for Whodunnit 4. Its a fundraiser for the theatre they do every couple of years and lots of fun

Well, Bank Of Dave was great. Lots of fun, brilliant cast who gave off real energy and seemed to be loving their parts. Imaginative telling of the story.

I think it'll do well - classic underdog / David & Goliath; chimes with current cost of living pressures and feeling failed by 'the system'; whilst this is set in Burnley lots of other towns that aren't what they were; plus, obviously, funny and uplifting...

@Comefromaway And yes, I saw...😂 (To be honest, they had me at satnav)

Saw the RSC Hamlet last month. Didn't mind the design concept but the clock timer (to directly link to Titanic/iceberg) was a bit jarring.

Have Mean Girls booked for later in the year, also at the Marlowe/Canterbury.

This year have watched West Side Story (in Dutch) and heading to NT production of The Little Big Things in Amsterdam.