Category: Theatre & Entertainment Reviews
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Weston-super-Mare is set to come alive in spectacular fashion as BeachFest 2026 promises to be the standout event of the summer. With its golden sands, vibrant seafront, and unmistakable seaside charm, the town provides the perfect backdrop for a festival that celebrates music, community, and coastal culture. BeachFest has quickly grown into more than just […]
What’s On in Weston: 7th – 12th October From live music and theatre to autumn walks, Halloween fun, markets, and family events, Weston has a jam-packed week ahead. Here’s your guide, grouped by theme for easy browsing. Theatre, Music, Festivals & Nights Out Thank You For The Music – smash-hit ABBA tribute show – The […]
The seriously retro set featuring ancient computers, telephones out of the ark and rickety desks tells you this comedy is set way back in the age before political correctness struck and we weren’t allowed to have fun. As the story goes three lady office cleaners (all of a certain age) face dismissal from their miserable […]
Dick Whittington as staged at the Playhouse Theatre is most definitely a Pantomime and a half; going to see it is like being battered by a non-stop fun machine with everything you ever wanted from a pantomime and double it. Linda Lusardi is the effortlessly glamorous and deeply evil King Rat; the boos and hisses […]
The Viennese Strauss Christmas Gala at the Playhouse Theatre is always our go-to official start to Christmas. And what a glorious start it is. This year’s show had a beautifully revamped set positively alive and sparkling with so many twinkly lights Santa’s grotto couldn’t compete. Much Loved Productions headed by director, melodious baritone, and all […]
Bonfire night has been and gone, Christmas lights are being strung across the high street and to make you embrace the festive mood even more, be lucky enough to see the Crown Ballet’s superb performance of The Nutcracker. A ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s enchanting music full of refrains we know so well, it’s beautifully costumed […]
Emerald Storm, a toe-tapping spectacular that combines not only Irish dance as we know it but ballet, modern, and jazz dancing certainly kept us on our toes with an everchanging panoply of visual and musical scenes. The story revolves around Emerald Storm, a club famous for Irish dancing that is doing fine until a troupe […]
The classic film Roman Holiday which made an international star of Audrey Hepburn has been newly adapted for the stage and takes to the boards as a dazzling musical with a cast of eighteen. The story is charming; Ann, a young princess, visiting Rome gives her chaperone the slip and meets Joe, an American journalist […]
This show was a cracking way to spend a couple of hours going down memory lane and reliving your best life in the 60s and 70s through the marvellous music created back then, and still going strong today. Short skirts, long hair, tight trousers; they were the order of the day along with a charming […]