Live reviews

Willy Russell's Blood Brothers blends music, comedy, pathos and social commentary. How does the show hold up in 2023?

This is meant to be a victory tour for Maisie’s first album, You Signed Up For This; it’s actually a victory tour for the journey each audience member has been on since first hearing these songs.

Compared to Curtis’ dark baritone and Sumner’s understated vocals, Hooky's versions of timeless Joy Division and New Order songs unlock a whole new way of experiencing them.

Expanding on the story, the stage version balances plenty of new material with enough of the 1992 film to satisfy long-term fans.

Empowering, celebratory, forgiving and carefree, Self Esteem’s poignant hometown show proves she’s destined for the biggest stage.

What's the Leadmill like when no bad vibes are allowed? Tom Roper went to see The Go! Team to find out.

Featuring queer friendships at its core, The Way Old Friends Do is centred around ABBA but is not a musical. What did reviewer Paul Szabo make of this Lyceum production?

Sir Ian McKellen excels (and has a thoroughly good time) as Mother Goose, but what did reviewer Paul Szabo make of the Crucible panto?

The loud and the quiet, the serious and the silly – despite the many performers they bring to mind, Jockstrap are their own beast.

Nightmare Magic by David Alnwick nestles itself somewhere between a one-man play, a magic show and piece of well-imagined storytelling. Paul Szabo reviews the horror-inspired event.

Reviewer Paul Szabo invites you to "leave your inhibitions in the foyer" and enjoy the raucous Rocky Horror Show at the Lyceum.

What happens when you put RuPaul's Drag Race stars in a camp horror parody of the Sound of Music and Sister Act? Paul Szabo went to the Lyceum to find out.

The greatest trick the veteran comedian and magician pulls is convincing the world that his vehemently vexatious views are real, writes Wayne Hoyle.

Hamish Yewdall reviews a suitably big-name celebration for a warehouse venue with a decade of great nights under its belt.

The experimental orchestra succeed in delivering an expansive, genre-jumping soundtrack which has more dopplegangers than a Stars in their Eyes night at the Black Lodge.

Guitarist Justin Adams and Moroccan Gnawa master musician Mohamed Errebbaa lift the spirits of Firth Hall audience.

A veteran of politically-charged British poetry plays to a packed house at Firth Hall for Off The Shelf. All truth – no dubs.

With an eclectic set of venues ranging from the Cathedral to a grimy rave cave, the sixth edition of No Bounds offered a programme that was both inspiring and life-affirming.

As Steven Waters' climate-emergency call to arms Resilience arrives in Sheffield, reviewer Paul Szabo describes it as "pleasingly funny, worryingly accurate and frighteningly concerning".

A display of delightful insanity by Daniel Rigby as the Maniac, combined with simple but impactful lighting and set design, makes for a powerful reboot of the 20th-century classic.