Here and Now – The Steps Musical (touring) ★★
The jukebox musical ‘Here and Now’ packs the shelves with Steps’ irresistible back catalogue but finds some unwanted items in bagging area
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The Constant Wife (touring) ★★★
Laura Wade’s ‘The Constant Wife’, based on the Somerset Maugham comedy, makes a tour stop at York Theatre Royal
Out In The Hills, Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★★★
The Recs’ editor Steve Coats-Dennis is invited to sample Alan Cumming’s first event as Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Neil Bartlett
Author, playwright, adaptor, and director.
Jamie Armitage
Playwright and director.
Gary Wilmot MBE
Playwright, actor and director.
The Recs’ Theatre Review of 2025
Editor Steve Coats-Dennis takes a Recs eye view on the shows that summed up the 2025 Theatre scene for us
The Traitors’ Big Red Twist
Red spells danger…but for whom?
Count Arthur Strong is Charles Dickens in ‘A Christmas Carol’ ★★★★★
The unstoppable Count Arthur Strong offers the most idiosyncratic spin on ‘A Christmas Carol’ you’ll see this year!
Kevin Quantum: Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers ★★
One-time physicist, now international magician, Kevin Quantum, brings his show ‘Unbelievable Magic for Non-Believers’ to the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough