With Bolan’s special ingredient of Rock-a-Boogie songs throughout the 1970s including ‘Telegram Sam’ and ‘Jeepster’ he was able to obtain what would be yet another Top 20 record later in 1976 that has since become one of the most memorable and everlasting signature tunes, ‘I…

THE BIGGEST challenge for any pantomime is be all things to all people. The right balance of songs, characters, jokes, banter, stuff for the little ones and stuff for the grown ups. It should have a balance of show tunes and dancing worthy of the…

THE ACCRINGTON Pals is not an easy play to perform. The Peter Whelan play charts the life of ordinary Lancastrians before they went off to war in 1914. Life is pretty grim at home and it is about to get grimmer. The whole play is…

By Siobhan Wood HAL Cruttenden described himself as looking like Mr Tumble from CBBC and came across as relaxed and charming but topics including pensions, suicide, Facebook and leaving the EU were discussed with sharp and sometimes dark humour. The audience loved it, with plenty…

Peter Whelan’s compassionate, funny and moving play looks at the terrifying experiences of the men at the front and charts the day to day lives of the women left behind, for whom life will never be the same again. The wonderfully light hearted moments contrast…

AFTER selling out at the Edinburgh Festival, top comedian Hal Cruttenden is taking his ‘Tough Luvvie’ tour to Harlow Playhouse on Wednesday 19th November. Hal has appeared on Live At The Apollo (BBC1), Have I Got News For You (BBC1), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1)…

Helen: Review by Jo 0’Reilly A world premiere from the Dionysis theatre company, Helen tells the story of the face that launched a thousands ships with a dystopian modern twist. Twenty years on, the Troy empire, along with Helens’ face is crumbling. Following the sudden…

A FASCINATING play by first time director, Harry Tennison. Let the Moot House Players put it in their own words. “We are fast approaching the first show of our exciting 2014/15 season and what a show it is to start off with! “Woyzeck. It is…

HARLOW Playhouse and ASH Productions LIVE are delighted to announce the cast of this year’s much-anticipated family pantomime, Cinderella, ahead of its arrival in the premier Essex theatre from Friday 12th December 2014 until Sunday 4th January 2015. Local actor and television favourite Joe Swash…

Review: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet at The Playhouse By Jo O’Reilly THERE are not many ballet troupes that are set up with the sole purpose of making their own existence obsolete, but that is the very idea behind ballet black. A professional ballet company for…

RICHARD Digance is coming to The Playhouse, Harlow on Thursday October 16th. Richard Digance is a BAFTA nominated entertainer who has supported Steve Martin and Robin Williams. He is loved by young and old and respected by comedians and musicians alike for his original comedic…

THE WORLD premiere of The Pantaloons production of Bleak House is at the Harlow Playhouse on Thursday October 9th and Friday October 10th. A company of five actor-musicians bring the novel’s cast of over 50 characters to life. Show begins at 7.30pm at the Studio…

ON THE FACE of it, the musical Copacabana is a one-trick pony or in other words, a one song musical. The clue is in the title. Then how comes the production at the Harlow Playhouse on Friday night had them dancing in the aisles, the…

THE award-winning ballet company, Ballet Black, return this season with their first-ever family production, based on the best-selling children’s book, Dogs Don’t Do Ballet, written by Anna Kemp with choreography by Christopher Marney (War Letters, Two of a Kind) and designs by Gary Harris (Royal…