Review by Richard Fitt Performance on 25th May 2023 Director: Nicole Macdonald Writer: David Spicer Producer: Bridie Gibbs Wow! What on earth have I just seen? As regards the plot I don’t think anybody knows, including the actors themselves. All I know is I have just seen one of the… Read More »NODA review of Stop! The Play
Review by Richard Fitt Performance on 29th March 2023 Director: David Russell Musical director: Kaye Tompkins Choreographer: Davina Beegoo-Price I have to declare I am not familiar with this work by American Playwright Terrence McNally about an Irish bus conductor struggling with his sexuality in 1964 Catholic Dublin, where bigotry… Read More »NODA review of A Man of No Importance
Review by Richard Fitt Performance on 29th November Director: Cara Sigsworth Musical director: Rod Iliffe Choreographer: Sophie Sigsworth I received a slightly panicky email towards the end of September urging me to choose which night I wished to come and see Nativity, as the tickets were selling out fast. Even… Read More »NODA review of Nativity! The Musical
Review by Richard Fitt Performance on 6th October 2022 Director: Zandra Saxby This show replaced the scheduled one which unfortunately had to be postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It was therefore chosen bearing in mind the reduced rehearsal time left, its simplicity to stage, together with the fact it had… Read More »NODA review of The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband
Review by Richard Fitt Performance on 16th June 2022 Creative team Co-Directors: Susan Moore & Kim Arkle This show will always have a special place in my NODA career as District 2 rep, it was the first play I ever reviewed. It was of course hilariously funny and I have… Read More »NODA Review of The 39 Steps
Review by Richard Fitt Performance on Thursday, 7th April 2022 Creative team Director: Michael Horne Musical Director: Kaye Tompkins Co-director: Davina Beegoo-Price I was driving home from the show and mischievously thinking, well this review will take about two minutes to write. Brilliant – end of! However, back in the… Read More »NODA review of The Last Five Years
Rob from EastMidlandsTheatre.com attended the opening night of The Last Five Years on Wednesday, 6th April at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre and has now published his review of the show! We are delighted to report that we received a 5-star rating and some wonderful comments. You can check out the review here.… Read More »The Last Five Years receives 5-star review!
The dress rehearsal of The Last Five Years last night was thoroughly well-received by the small audience that attended to support the cast. We’ve had some terrific comments, including two full, Facebook-based reviews. Here are just some of the snippets: “What a truly wonderful production” – “a beautifully nuanced piece… Read More »The Last Five Years – Opens tonight, runs until Saturday!
Performance: Saturday, 4th December 2021 Review by: Richard Fitt Arriving at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre after a heavy day, and already having done a pantomime in the afternoon, we were slightly jaded and praying we had enough energy to last the show without nodding off. We needn’t have worried. By the… Read More »NODA review of Once Upon a Christmas Song
Performance: 22nd October 2021 Review by: Richard Fitt Oh Yes! What a pleasure to be back in front of a real actors, performing real live theatre in front of a real paying audience! Apart from the presentation of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service ceremony I attended back in September,… Read More »NODA review of Duets
