520 stories by "Alfred Hickling"
He bet his mum he'd be a superstar DJ in two years. Now he looks set to be a superstar stage director as well. The rising star talks mind-reading, discovering Plan B " and rescuing Sondheim …
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, MoldControversial stories by the renegade writer Caradoc Evans are inflated into a carnival of the grotesque in this hallucinatory new adaptationIn 1915, the Ceredigion w…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsSometimes life can play the cruellest tricks. Five years ago, Toby Jones was a jobbing actor who thought he had finally hit the big time with a minor part in N…
Hull Truck theatreGodber's construction trade piece doesn't break new ground, but has enough passion to see it through John Godber has always had a fondness for punning titles: Perfect Pitch…
Studio theatre, Crucible, SheffieldSet during the riots of 2011, Deborah Bruce's study of motherhood and friendship is frank, funny and fired with resentmentIt is Crucible policy to ensure t…
Carriageworks, LeedsEmma Reeves continues her fine record for dramatising troubled children with a story that doesn't shy away from the unfairness of family lifeA woodcutter and his wife liv…
Home, ManchesterSpinning quickly through the cycle of slaughter and reprisal, Blanche McIntyre's innovative spotlights the chorus in a welcome, ritualistic reinventionYou wait 2,500 years fo…
Hull Truck theatreRichard Vergette's play about sweethearts from opposite sides of Hessle Road lifts the lid on the north-eastern town's suffering in the second world warHull was the most he…
Harrogate theatreNorthern Broadsides bring Shakespeare, partying hard, to New Year's Eve 1999 for an intense and moving eveningThe Winter's Tale is a long story " 16 years, including the int…
Bradford Interchange stationSet in an unlovely transport hub, Freedom Studios' site-specific piece is a tribute to the people who keep the wheels rolling Bradford's Freedom Studios has a wan…
Nottingham Playhouse This admirable revival of James Phillips's play, based on the case of the first US civilians to be executed on espionage charges, could not be more timelyIt is 10 years …
Crucible, SheffieldFreddie Fox's sophisticated Romeo is smitten with Morfydd Clark's sweet Juliet in this seamy, urban productionThe contemporary setting of Jonathan Humphreys' production is…
Northern Stage, NewcastleMiranda wears men's cast-offs and Prospero becomes a make-do-and-mend magician in this loose-fitting take Related: 'One audience member tried to punch an actor': the…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterCaroline Steinbeis's production gives us a John Proctor for the surveillance age to prove Miller's point that a threatened society turns on itselfIt's a common obse…
He's played everyone from a Labour party leader to a kitchen fitter on Corrie. But for the Wakefield-born actor, bringing 'heir of York' Richard III to the West Yorkshire Playhouse for its 2…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, LeedsTennessee Williams's memory play is boldly staged by Ellen McDougall with strong performances from a cast including Greta ScacchiPerhaps the most compelling as…
Octagon, BoltonStrong performances bring Bill Naughton's candid kitchen-sink drama to life, as newlyweds Violet and Arthur struggle to consummate their relationshipThey do well by Bill Naugh…
He is one of our most uncompromising scriptwriters. Now Jonathan Harvey is returning to the stage " with a musical comedy about gay Britain's big battles'The advantage of writing for TV,&quo…
Liverpool PlayhouseA 90-year-old man suffers a fall at home and drifts through his recollections of a naval campaign and a long-dead romance in Lizzie Nunnery's thrillingly enigmatic memory …
Despite having to deal with endless locks, cabin fever and chemical toilet mishaps, the Mikron theatre company is flourishing, thanks to its passionate followingSmall-scale touring is all ab…
Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterPoet Glyn Maxwell's wistful adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's riverside story plays down Toad and ramps up its proto-psychedelic moodIt is hard to imagi…
Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterThis compelling outdoor production stills the rustling of sandwich wrappers by adapting perfectly to its environment, with food fights and fizzMeasuri…
Stephen Joseph Theatre, ScarboroughA cast of five take on more than 20 roles in this notoriously tricky Acykbourn comedy " but it all makes more sense than ever in a terrific revival directe…
Williamson Park, LancasterDickens' urban fable works well in a semi-rural setting, and there's real menace in Fagin's gang, despite the wind whipping away some dialogueCharles Dickens visite…
Pavilion theatre, ManchesterComedy collective the Invisible Dot dine out on this Dostoevsky-inspired tale of an actor consumed by a crocodileFyodor Dostoevsky is possibly the last figure you…
