384 stories by "Daniel Perks"
The Scottish play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival " not the most original of ideas. But in this case Youth Music Theatre UK have transformed the production " the set is modelled on a more moder…
Ballet is such a versatile form of dance, capable of being fused with so many different styles. In this case, Balletronic fuses it with colourful Cuban and Latin influences to create a vi…
Frank Olivier is certainly multitalented. He's also crazy. So when the performers for Frank and Paul's cabaret show fail to turn up one evening, Frank insists on performing every act himself…
Avant garde musicals are all the rage. The last 10 years have seen Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon reach astronomical levels of fame on Broadway, in the West End and around the world. Jesus …
Rich (Blake Kubena), a typically confident and aloof writer, breaks the news to his former lover Saul (Joey Bartram), as well as friends and family, that he has AIDS. He battles with illness…
The Fringe can be a tough gig for comedians. With an audience spoilt for choice on both ticketed and free shows, sometimes you sit in a show with only a few other people and see the look of …
Charlie, Louis and Beren are obviously good friends. They have a chemistry that sets them apart from other acrobatic dance troupes. Their cheeky chappie and incredibly cool personalities add…
With the look of Sarah Hadland and a musical comedy act akin to Victoria Wood, Tamar Broadbent is a real pocket rocket. She would either hate the anti-feminist connotation that this phrase h…
"Pineapples don't exist. They're like unicorns and eskimos." Wise words uttered by old matchmaker crone Fanny (Camille Ucan) as she attempts to find a suitable wife for Peter (Ben Clark), a …
Comedians often work for months and months on their stand-up sets. They hone each joke, test out all sorts of material and make sure that they are as funny as they can be before hittin…
It's always a good start when you get offered sweets as you walk into a theatre. It's less satisfying when you realise you can't eat them and have to drop them into a coffin on the front of …
Adam Hess comes running up onto the stage to kick off a high-energy and fast-paced comedy performance. With a more traditional take on a comedy show Hess has few props, preferring to enterta…
Sometimes you have to relish in life's slip-ups, make light of the bad situations and turn the depressing points of life into positives. In an hour's lecture of how "crappiness is happiness"…
A poorly constructed corrugated iron shack is all Thandi (Zoey Martinson) can call home. Slowly dying of AIDS, she has become defeated, bitter and tired of life. Mandisi (Yusef Miller), an o…
"Here in Yorkshire, we love to cycle… and not just to the dole office!" says Matthew as he shoots a promotional video for Yorkshire's bid to host a stage of the 2013 Tour de France. A …
Ella (Margaret Ann Bain) has lived a double life. She has spent her time posing both as herself and her dead husband Max in order to avoid the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany. Naïve and too …
On 25 April 2015, Nepal was devastated by the strongest earthquake to hit the country in 100 years. Villages were flattened and much of the historical city of Kathmandu crumbled to the gr…
Staging famous plays from well-known playwrights can often be a double edged sword for smaller theatres. It can attract a bigger crowd who will often attend works that they have heard of and…
Of all the productions currently showing on the West End, there are very few that opened there without previewing or transferring from somewhere smaller. It may be from Broadway, it may be f…
Not all plays need to be packed with emotion or tear-jerking scenes. Indeed, Dear Lupin depicts a father and son who seemed conditioned not to show any outward signs of affection or emoti…
I have always loved the idea of a late night cabaret show. Going to a small, classy bar with low lighting and candles on the tables; sitting and listening to a talented singer perform some o…
"If music be the food of love, play on." A line written by history's most well-known playwright. No matter what day, if anyone wants to see William Shakespeare's work they are guaranteed to …
With August fast approaching, the smaller theatres in London are almost all filled with Edinburgh Fringe companies showcasing their latest productions. These venues are being used as a dry r…
Theatre can take all sorts of shapes and sizes and be performed in many different areas. That's one of the things I love about the arts " you can find great works in all sorts of inspiration…
Not enough shows happen in circus tents. The traditional idea of a circus, complete with elephants and lions and horses has become all but extinct. Today's audience require death defying stu…
