Reviews by Cath Little
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Cath Little
The setting: Carnegie Hall. The performer: Carole King, fresh from releasing her hit album Tapestry. Opening with a lone woman performing on stage, the musical took the audience on a rollercoaster ...
7 years ago
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Jack and the Beanstalk
Cath Little
The Playhouse pantos are always enormous fun and Jack and the Beanstalk is one of the best I've seen: a right rollicking ribtickler, it'll have kids and adults alike guffawing.
You all know the ...
7 years ago
Jack and the Beanstalk
Peatbog Faeries
Cath Little
Packing out Didcot’s excellent live music venue, the Peatbog Faeries drew a crowd as diverse as the music on offer. Described as ‘Celtic fusion’, at their heart they’re a folk band with ...
7 years ago
Peatbog Faeries
Snow White
Cath Little
If your experience of Snow White is the happy-go-lucky, sanitised Disney version, you may not want to expose yourself to balletLORENT's spellbinding performance. Although you'd recognise many of the ...
9 years ago
Snow White
Aladdin
Cath Little
The Playhouse always sets the bar high when it comes to festive family fun, so we arrived for this year's pantomime with high expectations. It did not disappoint. All the right elements were there ...
9 years ago
Aladdin
Once Upon a Snowflake
Cath Little
A delightful, carefully structured mystery, Once Upon A Snowflake tells the story of Liza - a fast running, bright girl who has gone missing. We, the audience, were involved deeply from the outset as ...
9 years ago
Once Upon a Snowflake
Sing-a-long-a Frozen
Cath Little
I wasn't exactly sure what to expect. I mean we've watched the film a million times at home and my two girls know the words to most of the songs. They sing along without the film even being on for ...
9 years ago
Sing-a-long-a Frozen
Feather Catcher
Cath Little
Ever wondered the best way to catch a green feather? Lost sleep over where you might find a rare blue feather? The rather wonderful Filskit theatre company thoughtfully provide a ...
11 years ago
Feather Catcher
Blazin' Fiddles
Cath Little
A packed auditorium at Cornerstone turned out to experience Blazin' Fiddles storm through a set that showcased their eclectic, distinctive style.
The group originally formed to bring ...
11 years ago
Blazin' Fiddles
An Inspector Calls
Cath Little
I like JB Priestley, but had never read or seen An Inspector Calls - an admission akin to loving the Bard but never having read Hamlet. So I must admit the cinematic opening of Daldry’s production ...
15 years ago
An Inspector Calls
And Then There Were None
Cath Little
A group of strangers are invited to a party on an island off the coast of Devon. The mysterious host is missing – nowhere to be found on the island. And one by one the group die. There are ...
16 years ago
And Then There Were None
Michael Rosen
Cath Little
An audience with… is an odd format that predictably always gives an unpredictable evening. The mixture of autobiography and performance, whether from a politician or a poet, means the evening is an ...
18 years ago
Michael Rosen
