I went to see On Ego with great anticipation, it was clear that there was a great intrigue surrounding this play and I for one couldn’t wait to experience it

  “Who are you?” If I asked you that, what would you tell me? What would you represent yourself with? You might answer with a few choice words that our

When the schedule for this term’s plays at the drama barn was released back in December, I have to admit that one title fixed my attention: Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. And last

Week 2: after exams, post-essays, and in the wake of a mind-numbing hangover which they justified.  It’s back to normal. Back to theatre. What better way to begin the term than

  When settling into my seat in the quaint, tucked-away Friargate theatre on Friday night, I really didn’t know quite what to expect. The production set to commemorate the centenary

The night was warmed up, as is tradition, with a short set from York’s premier Improv Troupe, The Shambles. Through a variety of scenes, songs and games, these performers had

‘O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention; A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene.‘  

An almighty collision of people and the corresponding smash of glass. Fragmentary thoughts, personalities, accents and clothes all gathered up and strung loosely together resembling the faint outline of a

So it’s week nine already and the term is fast drawing to a close with the usual exclamations of “it’s gone by so quickly!” Christmas is rearing its tinselled head

‘It’s just your imagination’ Picture the scene. It’s a dark winter’s night in Victorian England; you’ve warmed yourself by the fire, supped at the table, slipped into the arm chair

Blank brick walls with a beaten up solitary sign reading ‘Road’ greets the audience with a sparsity of spirit that is all too common in the depiction of the working

Maddi Howell reviews a subversive play from the Tricycle Theatre

Nadine Garbett reviews The Jekyll & Hyde Case from ByTheHand Productions, calling it “a uniquely modern and unexpectedly touching rendition of the classic tale”.

Rosemary Collins reviews Weathering Lows, a “shocking evocation of the experience of mental illness”.

300: Rise of an Empire provides an unremarkable follow-up to the successful fantasy epic. Timothy Douglas reviews.

Edd Riley reviews DramaSoc’s latest production, Evolve, finding its ambition admirable but risky.