Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The Glee Club’, which is Theatre Clwyd until Saturday 14th of March. The tour includes Malvern in April. Where there’s muck … there’s talent. Richard Cameron isn’t the first writer to mine that particular seam, in search of a cracking story. The idea that men who grafted all day long in […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews Vamos Theatre’s ‘Dead Good’ which he saw at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn. The tour includes Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre on March 5th and 6th. This is the big one! I have watched Vamos Theatre company with increasing admiration over the past 15 years. They entered my heart in my local village hall with […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel’ which is at Birmingham Repertory Theatre until Saturday 29th February … and touring. As every famous fact about Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel has been recorded, catalogued and already turned into film or theatre, it seems quite reasonable to now start making […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews “Bang Bang”, which is at Theatr Clwyd in Mold until Saturday 22nd February and Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in May. The spirit of John Cleese seeps from every scene of his new play. He’s not actually in it. The producers say, “He wanted to be”, but they “wouldn’t let him”. But he’s […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘The History Boys’, which is at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre until Saturday 22nd February. You could certainly spot the teachers in the audience at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre last night. They were the ones who were laughing the loudest. And who can blame them? For my money, this is Alan Bennett’s funniest play, […]

Chris Eldon Lee reviews ‘Two’, which is at The New Vic in Newcastle-under-Lyme until Saturday 22nd of February. I’ve been in quite a few imaginary public houses in my time. But the pub (in the round) currently on stage at the New Vic Theatre (in the round) is by far the most appealing. Why, they […]