512 stories by "Caroline Hanks-Farmer"
The best advice I can give you for Cirque Du Soleil's Kurios is, leave all sense of reality, understanding and logical explanation at the entrance of the Royal Albert Hall, for this visual s…
I kicked my theatre year off with a press/media night for the sensational Six The Musical. It's been 18 months since I last experienced this rapid history lesson of Henry VIII's wives and my…
On Your Feet! isn't perfect and isn't up there with band bios like Jersey Boys or Sunny Afternoon but ultimately resistance is futile because the rhythm is gonna get you.
Despite the best efforts of Kelsey Grammer in the lead role, this leaden and often down right confusing revival of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum is unlikely to give the show new im…
If you have an opportunity to catch Rob Lamberti in action do so, his performance is truly outstanding and a fitting tribute to the legend that was George Michael.
My regular readers will know that I'm a huge fan of the West End show Jersey Boys. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen it, but I know it's in triple figures. This week my favour…
9 To 5 the Musical is based on 20th Century Fox's picture and was originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt in April 2009. It's written by Patricia Resnik, with music and lyrics b…
A brief but hugely memorable history lesson awaits you at the Arts Theatre. Sexy, sassy, sensational, seductive, stunning and superb, are just Six ways that you can describe this show and it…
I would encourage you and a group of friends to book yourself an experience of The Grand Expedition " you won't regret it.
If you missed the phenomenon of Paula Hawkins' best-selling novel in 2015, you now have the perfect opportunity to jump on the band wagon with this new thrilling play adaptation of The Girl …
David Bintley, artistic director since 1995, who is sadly retiring from the Birmingham Royal Ballet this summer choreographed this production of Beauty & the Beast, first staged in 2003.
My advice is if you like Green Day don't you be an idiot, book now to see this production of American Idiot before it's too late.
There are now a few reviews of Thriller Live on my website and all are unanimous " this is an entertaining extravaganza that any Michael Jackson fan would be mad to miss seeing.
Using state of the art video projection, contemporary newsreel footage, TV commercials, incredible concert-style lighting and a full live brass ensemble The Simon & Garfunkel Story is a…
Award-winning ITV comedy show's series creator and writer Derren Litten is bringing Benidorm's signature sunshine and shenanigans to theatres across the UK and Ireland.
Soldier On reminds us that, whilst the memory of those conflicts has faded from the front pages, the price is still being paid, the grief and horror of what occurred made new and raw every d…
The Full Monty heads to Southampton from 11 to 16 February next year. Recently I caught up with the cast, including star Gary Lucy, and director Rupert Hill and we had a chat.
Where to start on something that is so perfect that it defies belief, for, Company is the very definition of perfection in my opinion. From the opening to the closing moment time just flashe…
David Walliams has an incredible talent of telling stories of normal, everyday children who achieve remarkable things in the face of adversity, with a fair amount of gross humour and giggles…
It's pantomime time at the Mayflower Southampton and some of the best-seasoned pantomime performers in the UK are within the stellar cast of Dick Whittington including Joe McElderry, Bobby D…
The Trench, conceived, written, co-directed and performed by Oliver Lansley and his lively company, Les Enfants Terribles, was inspired by the story of Sapper William Hackett, the only tunne…
The newly refurbished Mayflower theatre deserved a blockbuster of a show to be its first big three-week resident and who better to fly in than the cast of Wicked.
I feel sorry that this production of Camelot was for one night only but what a pleasure and a privilege it was to be in the audience for this great occasion.
42nd Street, made famous by the 1933 film, is based on the 1932 novel by Bradford Ropes. This glitzy, glamorous revival is set to make your heart soar, and have you tap dancing down the step…
The Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield is a gem of the East Midlands theatre scene. It may be compact, but it's perfectly formed, and the same could be said of Theatre6 and Catherine Schrei…