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Review: The Taming Of The Shrew, various locations until July 17

12:07pm Saturday 4th July 2009

COME the end of Thursday’s performance, Mooted’s cast discovered they had lost the key to their changing room, but director Mark France certainly the found the key to unlock the world of Shakes-peare’s most controversial comedy.

Preview: The Tempest: Ripley Castle, July 3 and 4; Library Gardens, York, July 7 and 8

A scene from The Tempest.

12:42pm Friday 3rd July 2009

SPRITE Productions break out of the Ripley Castle grounds for the first time on Wednesday to stage Shakespeare’s The Tempest in The Library Gardens in York.

York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company hold auditions for Equus

12:44pm Friday 3rd July 2009

York Theatre Royal Young Actors Company will hold auditions this month for Peter Shaffer’s Equus, the explosive 1973 play where a stable boy blinds six horses after a frustrated sexual liaison.

Preview: Blithe Spirit, Harrogate Theatre, until July 11

Blithe Spirit at Harrogate Theatre.

12:34pm Friday 3rd July 2009

ROBIN Herford is directing Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit for the third time.

Northern Musical Theatre Company ceases trading

11:39am Friday 3rd July 2009

THE initial notice was brief. “It is with regret that The Northern Musical Theatre Company has ceased trading with immediate effect.

Review: Desperate To Be Doris, LipService, York Theatre Royal, until July 4

Maggie Fox, Sue Ryding and Darren Southworth in Desperate To Be Doris.

9:53am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SATIRICAL duo LipService are spreading their wings, fluffing up the boas for their first foray into musical comedy.

Review: The Wiggles, Grand Opera House, York

The Wiggles

1:21pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

MY seven-year-old son, Elliot, sat stony faced as the announcer said show was about to start.

Review: Every Time It Rains, Hull Truck Theatre, Hull, until July 4

Martin Barrass and Christine Cox in Every Time It Rains. Picture: Louise Buckby

10:43am Monday 29th June 2009

LIVING in Hull is not the end of the world, but media neglect has left the East Riding epicentre feeling like a forgotten city.

Daniel Bates to leave York Theatre Royal

5:50pm Sunday 28th June 2009

York Theatre Royal chief executive Daniel Bates is to step down in September to take up the same post at Sheffield Theatres.

Preview: The Taming Of The Shrew, Rowntree Park, York, July 1-10; Valley Gardens, Harrogate, July 14-17

Jamie Smelt as Petruchio and Victoria Morris as Katherina

11:10am Friday 26th June 2009

Directing William Shakespeare’s most boisterous early comedy is a joy and a challenge for Mooted Theatre Co artistic director Mark France.


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