A powerful, highly fitting homage to real stories: Adam Bruce reviews Zodwa Nyoni’s punchy, poetic paean to Leeds life.
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Articles by Adam Bruce
6 May 2017
Reviews • Leeds • National • Reviews
Review: The Graduate at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
May 5 - May 27
By Adam Bruce
Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: Adam Bruce is seduced Lucy Bailey’s revival of Terry Johnson’s stage adaptation of Charles Webb’s seminal novel.
28 April 2017
Reviews • National • Reviews • York
Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at York Theatre Royal
April 26 - May 6
By Adam Bruce
Purposeful, stylish and clearly defined: Adam Bruce falls in love with Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation of Anne Brontë 1848 novel.
26 February 2017
Reviews • York
Review: Sunny Afternoon at the Grand Opera House, York
Grand Opera House ⋄ 21 - 25 February 2017
By Adam Bruce
A genuine, organic sense of energy: Adam Bruce finds Sunny Afternoon to be more than your average jukebox musical.
12 February 2017
Reviews • York
Review: The Tempest at York Theatre Royal
York Theatre Royal ⋄ 9 - 10 February 2017
By Adam Bruce
Short, bright and entertaining: Adam Bruce reviews the RSC’s production of The Tempest for younger audiences.
10 February 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Pygmalion at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse ⋄ 9 - 25 February 2017
By Adam Bruce
‘Hipster’, not ‘ipster’: Adam Bruce reviews Headlong’s modern update of Bernard Shaw’s famous work.
11 December 2016
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Strictly Ballroom at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse ⋄ 30th November 2016 - 21st January 2017
By Adam Bruce
A glamorous alternative to panto: Adam Bruce reviews the premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom on stage.
9 December 2016
Reviews • Leeds
Review: The Witches at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse ⋄ 9th December 2016 - 21st January 2017
By Adam Bruce
Controlled chaos: Adam Bruce reviews David Wood’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches.
23 November 2016
Reviews • Leeds
Review: The House Behind the Lines at The HUB, Leeds
The Hub ⋄ 13th November 2016, and touring
By Adam Bruce
Bringing to life the untold: Adam Bruce reviews Buglight’s new play about prostitution in WWI.