I am ashamed to admit I had never seen Hanna as Judy Garland before, as she has portrayed the icon of stage and screen on a few occasions on the Island: this show was in support of Bembridge Little Theatre...

I took my seat at Shanklin Theatre for the first show in a three-performance run feeling slightly puzzled. I’d heard of Orpheus – but not that he rocked – and what was the ‘And More’? I was to find out...

Audiences were treated to a sensational performance from Curtain Call Creative at Medina Theatre at the weekend. Made in Dagenham, the musical based on the 2010 film that tells the true story of the 1968 sewing-machinists strike at the Ford...

Things are really ramping up on our thriving Island theatre scene with a bumper crop of shows coming up in April – whatever your tastes, there should be something to suit you! The Apollo Players’ latest play, ‘Doubt’  opens on...

The Apollo Theatre’s next production is a thought-provoking play that will leave you doubting who was right all along. John Shanley’s ‘Doubt, A Parable’ is based in a Catholic School where one of the nuns suspects a priest of molesting...

This April you are invited to the delightfully hilarious and macabre world of The Addams Family, staged by Theatretrain and TEd (Theatre Educational). Cast from auditions open to everyone across the Island, a number of the younger performers are new...

Curtain Call Creative has a fantastic year ahead with 2 shows already in rehearsals and more to follow later in the year. The Performing Arts School based in Ryde welcomes students from 7 to 18 years, providing workshops and tuition...

Gilbert and Sullivan Productions (GASP), the newest musical theatre group on the Island, has got off to a flying start with a sell-out inaugural concert 'I Have A Song To Sing-O' at Bembridge Village Hall last Saturday evening. The packed...

Spring is nearly here – and so are lots of theatre treats for Island audiences. South Wight Youth Theatre present a stage version of the well-loved book ‘Little Women’ at Bembridge Village Hall. There are 2 performances at 14:30 and...

I have been eagerly anticipating the return of the traditional WightStrollers pantomime after an enforced 2-year hiatus, and they didn’t disappoint with a show packed full of starring performances, slick one-liners, songs and the odd speck of smut (well, with...