Our review of

Theatre in Leicester

for the year 2015

We look back over the articles published in Arts in Leicester magazine and add other items of interest

January

February

The Woman in Black.

A tense thriller at Curve starred Malclm James and Matt Connor.

John Shuttleworth.

Comedian John Shuttleworth was at The Little Theatre for his show A Wee Ken to Remember.

March

Adrian Mole – The Musical.

April

Shiv.

We were at Curve to see the European premiere of Shiv by Aditi Brennan Kapil.

May

Beautiful Thing.

A touching and evocative play about young love.

Bromance.

Amazing combintions of athletics, gymnastic and acrobatics brought together in a dance-like spectacular.

June

The Car Man.

Reginald D. Hunter.

Comedian Reginald D. Hunter was at the De Montfort Hall for his one man show.

July

29th – Shakespeare’s Richard III opened at Curve in a production directed by Nikolai Foster. For a review see British Theatre Guide. Our reaction:  we didn’t like it.

August

September

Urban Young Actors.

Young actors created suspense with an unusual drama in Leicester.

October

A Streetcar Named Desire.

Curve provided the stage for this iconic drama set in America’s deep south.

Aakash Odedra – Echoes and I Image.

20th – A Streetcar Named Desire opens at Curve. We gave it ***

November

Tetrad’s Us And Them number 4.

Tetrad’s company were back at the Attenborough centre for another in their series Us And Them.