Performance: 16th March 2019 Review by Richard Fitt I have to admit my ignorance, I wasn’t even aware that there was a stage play of Frederick Knott’s classic, having only ever seen the excellent 1967 film version staring Audrey Hepburn, so my interest was immediately aroused by this with its… Read More »NODA review of Wait Until Dark
Performance: 8th November Review by Richard Fitt For those who have not seen this wonderful show (yes I’m a huge fan) by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx we follow the fortunes of Princeton, who arrives in New York without any money looking for his ‘purpose’ in life and somewhere to… Read More »NODA review of Avenue Q
Performance: 20th September 2018 Review by Richard Fitt This is, of course, one of the great critically acclaimed plays of the 20th century by one of its greatest playwrights, depicting the Salem witch trials at the end of the 17th Century whilst parodying the McCarthy Communist witch hunts of the… Read More »NODA review of The Crucible
by Richard Fitt at a performance on 8th June 2018 I have to admit this is a show that has been on my bucket list for quite a while and which for various reasons I have not managed to see before. All I knew about it, apart from of course… Read More »NODA review of Spamalot
Performance: 5th June 2018 Review by Laura Davey of OnStage Northants Here to turn history on its head, Spamalot The Musical has made its way to Sharnbrook with King Arthur and his round table ‘riders’ in tow. Playing at the Sharnbrook Mill Theatre at £12 a ticket, expectations are high, with the… Read More »OnStage Northants review of Spamalot
by Richard Fitt at a performance on 13th March 2018 Apart from being a contender for the longest play title in theatre history, this is one of a series of farces about how NOT to put on a production. This was written by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin as part… Read More »NODA review of Farndale Avenue’s Macbeth
by Richard Fitt at a performance on 14th November 2017 I have a confession to make: I have never actually seen this show in its entirety, although I am of course familiar with the music and the basic story. It is only available to youth groups on the amateur stage,… Read More »NODA review of The Phantom of the Opera: Youth Group Production
by Richard Fitt at a performance on 21st September 2017 Gail Young’s Cheshire Cats has the distinction of being exclusively ‘amdram’ in its origins, being first brought to the attention of the wider public when performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006 by The Guilden Sutton Players. Even since its… Read More »NODA review of Cheshire Cats
by Richard Fitt at a performance on 8th June 2017 Wow! What a night! I’m not talking about the extraordinary result of the UK general election on the same night, although of course that was indeed quite extraordinary. No, I’m talking about my visit to see the production of a… Read More »NODA review of Cloud
by Richard Fitt A trip to enjoy the excellent hospitality of Sharnbrook’s Mill theatre is always a delight, with high expectations of a group with a solid track record of top notch productions, very much helped by their ability to build some superb sets and rehearse unrestricted by time constraints.… Read More »NODA review of The Ladykillers
