Following the success of their open-air production of Julius Caesar, Ad Lib Theatre Company are returning to Shakespeare’s Roman world this November with a gripping candlelit staging of Coriolanus at Newport Minster. Directed by Si Lynch (Julius Caesar, Hamlet), the...

Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ comes to Shanklin Theatre courtesy of Shoreline Productions from 13th -16th. In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based...

Maureen Sullivan previews theatre performances on the Isle of Wight this October... ‘Billy Liar’ comes to Trinity Theatre from 2nd to 5th October: a situation comedy with layers of profound humility. It is set against the backdrop of an industrial...

Audiences of GASP's forthcoming production of G&S' The Sorcerer have an extra treat in store. An aria, cut before the show's London premiere in 1877 and subsequently lost, has been forensically reconstructed from an incomplete set of orchestral parts by...

Maureen Sullivan previews theatre performances on the Isle of Wight this July... First, the students of The Bay CE School in Sandown bring you ‘Legally Blonde Junior Edition’ on the 3rd and 4th of July at 19:30 in the school...

Ad Lib Theatre are back at Northwood House and are heading for the streets of Rome with one of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays - Julius Caesar - from 12th-15th June. From the team that brought you superb sell-out Shakespeare shows like...

It’s May already – soon be summer! Still some late spring shows to enjoy though…. Curtain Call Creative are busy this month with not one but two shows. First, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE-Day, ‘Last Night at the...

The inaugural IW Amateur Theatre Awards Evening, held at Northwood House on 14th March, was a resounding success. Representatives of all theatre groups who welcomed IW Theatre judges to their 2024 shows gathered to celebrate the very best of the...

Maureen Sullivan previews theatre events on the Isle of Wight in March… Shoreline Productions present the play version of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ at Shanklin Theatre from 6th to 8th March, including a Saturday matinee performance. Join them as...

"When I saw that The Niton Playbox were preparing a new show, I wondered how on earth they were going to follow the amazing Smile, which they staged last year"... Maureen Sullivan reviews the wartime drama Run Rabbit Run at...