29 Jul 2019
Chickenshed Theatre Presents
Mr. Stink
Walker Theatre
Monday 29th July
There is a story that we all encounter as youngsters called the “Emperor’s New Clothes,” the big reveal is that just because he was the Emperor no one would criticise him. Consequently until an innocent boy points out the Emperor is naked, no one would say a word. Is David Walliams the new Emperor and this show really his raw...
08 Jun 2019
The Bob Dylan Story
Walker Theatre
Saturday June 8th 2019
It was encouraging to see the Walker Theatre sold out, one knows something good is about to go down. Tonight one was not disappointed as something big did go down. The Bob Dylan Story. Led by Bill Lennon as Bob himself, the hits just kept on coming and something big certainly went down.
There aren’t enough people looking at the poetry...
07 Mar 2019
Box of Tricks Presents
Spark Plug
Walker Theatre
Thursday 7th -Friday 8th March 2019
There’s an intimacy about the space in the Walker Theatre, Actor’s are very close to their audience and a personal connection is made. In a space like Walker audience members feel they are personally being addressed. Terrifying for the actor but wholly rewarding for the audience. Spark Plug is a play that...
12 Nov 2018
Mr. Charles Dickens Presents
A Christmas Carol
Walker Theatre
12/November/2018
It is 175 years since Mr. Dickens first put quill to velum to bring us the most favourite story of our great Christmas season. A Christmas Carol. It is hard to believe that a piece of work so relevant and so fresh can be so old, but it is and for all those decades this allegorical tale of Mr. Scrooge delights and warns...
12 Oct 2018
The Robin Nolan Trio
Walker Theatre
Friday October 12th
Living proof that you can improve on perfection; After a perfect start this Gypsy Jazz trio just got better and better.
Initially here’s a quick glance of the genre. Gypsy Jazz is a unique sound fusing Jazz Music with Blues with folk with pop. Played on guitars and maybe violin and trumpet, it is a fast, pacey and exciting sound. Like all...
18 May 2018
Raymond Froggatt
Walker Theatre
Friday 18th May 2018
An evening in the company of the mercurial mind of Raymond Froggatt is an evening to be remembered. To spend time in the company of this doyen of pop music is both a privilege and a joy.
Pop sensation Raymond Froggatt came onto the stage to start the show and he appeared a little breathless. Had he run from the furthest dressing room, did the...
25 Apr 2018
Vamos Theatre
A Brave Face
Walker Theatre
25th April 2018
Vamos Theatre Company is a mask company completely at the pinnacle of their game. A few years ago they delighted Shrewsbury audience with their show “Finding Joy,” it was a show about dementia. Still unafraid of dealing with gritty human issues “A Brave Face,” is a show addressing PTSD and they have a show that speaks to everybody in a...
31 Oct 2017
We Are the Lions: Mr Manager
Walker Theatre
Tuesday 31st October
Spellbinding and mesmerising are just two of the superlatives in the forefront of one’s mind as one offers up this critique of, Townsend Theatre Productions’ We are The Lions Mr Manager.
What could such a title mean? Well, It is lifted from a quote made by Jayaben Desai. Jayaben was the worker that George Ward of Grunwick Photo...
22 Sep 2017
Nicholas Collett Productions
Your Bard
The Walker Theatre
22nd September 2017
Making a welcome return back to Theatre Severn’s Walker Theatre this evening was the highly uncluttered and totally watchable Nicholas Collett. Your Bard, is as you may well have worked out, a play about the life of Shakespeare and how he came to write his plays…or did he?
The opening paragraph of this review declared...
09 Apr 2017
The Amazing Bubbleman
The Walker Theatre
Sunday 9th April
When someone refers to themselves as amazing it is either in ironic context and they aren’t remotely amazing at anything, or they literally are amazing. The latter refers to The Amazing Bubble man. There is no irony in this nomenclature he is amazing.
From out of Berkley, California the Amazing Bubble Man (ABM) presents a show like you...