And Now for Something Completely Different… Spamalot: the Monty Python Musical Lichfield Garrick Main Theatre Tuesday 25 February 2020 Review by Jono Oates ‘What…the Curtains…??’ – this pretty harmless sounding line appeared in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail but was enough to reduce myself, and my brothers, to helpless giggles and […]
House Guest by the Lichfield Players Lichfield Garrick Studio Theatre Wednesday 29 January 2020 By theatre reviewer Jono Oates Please Dad…please can we have a colour TV? No – it’s a passing fad son, they won’t last. But please Dad – I’m the only one in my class whose house hasn’t got a colour TV. […]
The Garrick’s drama season opens with the critically acclaimed award-winning one man show ‘First Time’ on Friday 7 February in the Studio theatre. Starring theatre maker and HIV activist Nathaniel Hall, First Time is based on Nathaniel’s personal experience living with HIV after contracting the virus from his first sexual encounter, aged just 16. After […]
Cinderella at the Lichfield Garrick Main Theatre – Review Tuesday 3 December By theatre reviewer Jono Oates If you want glitz, glamour, giggles, gags and glad rags then Cinderella at the Lichfield Garrick is a must see this winter! The perfect pick-me-up for these chilly and windy wintry evenings, this fabulous panto will definitely lift […]
Last Tango in Little Grimley and Last Panto in Little Grimley – Review Toffee Hammer Studio The Cathedral Hotel, Thursday 21 November 2019 By Jono Oates I go to a number of performances by local amateur groups and this was a play that hilariously showed the problems that many of them face – how to […]
Friday 18 October at Lichfield Cathedral Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre Review By Jono Oates The latest performance from the very talented Lichfield Musical Youth Theatre was The Greatest Movie Musicals, a sensational smash hit selection from some of the greatest musicals ever seen on the big screen. The musical theatre group are now in their […]
Member of Parliament for Cannock Chase, Amanda Milling, has recently launched a competition to design her official Christmas Card for the 2019 festive season. Local primary and junior schools have been invited to get involved with the competition, encouraging pupils to submit designs for the cover of her official Christmas card. The winning design shall […]
The Girl in the Picture – Review By the Intimate Theatre company The Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum Saturday 28 September 2019 By Citylife theatre reviewer Jono Oates The enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa is one of the most recognisable faces in the world of art…but on Saturday evening we saw another enigmatic smiling face […]
Wife After Death By the Lichfield Players Lichfield Garrick Studio Theatre Tuesday 24 September 2019 By Theatre Reviewer Jono Oates Do we really know, I mean really know, everything about our best friend…our closest work colleague…our wife, husband or partner…? This is the dilemma which greatly troubles Harvey Barrett in the latest production from the […]
Sister Act at the Lichfield Garrick – Review Sutton Coldfield Musical Theatre Company Dress Rehearsal, Monday 23 September 2019 By Resident Theatre Reviewer, Jono Oates As I walked down to the Lichfield Garrick yesterday evening a heavy drizzle descended on the city and, despite the fact that it was still only 7pm, it was already […]