Stage Reviews

STAGE REVIEWIT WAS very difficult to predict where the humour could come from when Newchurch Drama Group opened their latest comedy with a daughter mourning the death of her elderly father.

STAGE REVIEWA GILBERT and Sullivan operetta is very much like Marmite — you either love it or hate it — and I’ve never been a fan of either but I admired the way the Solent G and S Company had put their hearts and souls into a performance of The Sorcerer.

STAGE REVIEWA PICTURE of human suffering was painted by Cowes High School students, who performed George Orwell’s classic political allegory, Animal Farm.

STAGE REVIEWTHERE are plenty of laughs to be had at Shorwell Drama Club’s The Wizard Of Oz, which has its final performance tonight (Friday).

STAGE REVIEWTHE audience went potty over the pantomime dame at Stage by Stage’s Christmas performance of Jack and the Beanstalk.

MusicEmpirical kick off the new year’s season of Jazz Cafe at Quay Arts on Friday, January 15, at 8pm, playing songs from their latest album, Out ‘n In.

Stage ReviewsMEMBERS of Wight Blue SkyArts group put on a dazzling Christmas production — Oh, yes they did!

STAGE REVIEWEBENEZER turned out to be an all right geezer in the New Strolling Players musical of Scrooge.
Swapping 1840s London for Freshwater’s Memorial Hall, the cast, including the outstanding Tim Bull, who played the lead role, put on an excellent show.

STAGE REVIEWTHERE were plenty of laughs when Robin Hood came to Totland Church Hall.
The show, by Broadway Productions, had all the ingredients of a successful village panto, including pillars of the community in striking roles, plenty of audience participation and great one-liners, at the expense of other nearby towns.

STAGE REVIEWTHE cast of Jack and the Beanstalk at Trinity Theatre milked every moment in the spotlight — quite literally.

Stage ReviewGLAD tidings: there is still time to catch the Apollo Players’ terrific Christmas show, Below Stairs, which runs until Sunday.

STAGE REVIEWTHERE ain’t nothing like having two dames in a show. It turns it into a real pantomime.
The double act of Ugly Sisters Grizelda and Gertrude (aka John Woodford and Paul Stevens) stuffed full of falsies and double entendres proved that all that glitters is gold.

STAGE REVIEWRYDE High School pupils told a wonderful tale about Wonderland during their performance of Alice.
The comical story of Alice, the title role superbly played by Hayley Morris, took the audience through a journey of a wonderland of fantasy.

STAGE REVIEWTWO comedy plays and a hot supper was just what was needed on last Friday the 13th’s cold and blustery night.

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CP IW AMATEUR THEATRE AWARDSA HUSBAND and wife team who between them have clocked-up hundreds of television appearances over the decades were the star guests at the 11th County Press IW Amateur Theatre Awards.