By Katherine Baird According to its creator Jason Robert Brown, “this show is about one moment. It’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.” The show is a song-cycle of self-contained songs and stories, depicting the events that have the power to change our lives and identities across varying times and spaces. Without the foundations of plot or dialogue, it is also a performance that relies extremely heavily on the co-

By Alexander Smith This compelling double bill in the Friargate Theatre brought the audience in close contact with the actors and produced an intimate performance experience. The first on the bill was ‘The Yorkshire Tragedy;’ a concise piece often attributed to Shakespeare, that recounts the descent of a greedy father into madness. Its culmination in the heinous murder of his infant sons is offset by the morally virtuous characters surrounding him and attempting to sway him f

So what is Danse Macabre? Danse Macabre is a new theatre company of York University graduates who want to stage innovative shows, with a focus on bringing a little lightness to the dark. By taking serious themes and adding our own irreverent humour, we hope that we can make people laugh at their greatest fears, whilst remaining respectful to the issues at hand. Who are you? We all began studying theatre at the University of York; there’s Joseph Willis, a writer/director who’s

Tucked away just off of Clifford Street, Friargate Theatre played the perfect host to Well-Fangled Theatre’s adaption of A Midsummer Night’s Dream yesterday evening. The liminality of the little playhouse reflected the setting of Shakespeare’s timeless comedy, fantastically interpreted by director Mark France and expertly taken on by a universally talented cast. Taking a seat in the audience first involved passing through the actors already on stage, warming up for their perf