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The Seagull review – Caroline Quentin sparkles in sharp, stylish Chekhov

James Brining’s first production as Lyceum artistic director finds humour and humanity in a finely etched ensemble

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025

Curtain call for commissions: Is British theatre in crisis?

Original works have dropped by nearly a third in a decade, according to new research into the UK’s theatre industry with an increasing number of playhouses facing closure.

Euronews · Apr 15, 2025

The Magic Flute review – humour, colour and plenty of drama in Opera North’s kooky take

A lively revival of James Brining’s occasionally enigmatic staging sees Soraya Mafi make an exceptional role debut as a tenacious and principled Pamina

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

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My Fair Lady review – an abso-bloomin’-lutely loverly musical

Opera North brings shimmering music to this gorgeous and crisply choreographed co-production, which preserves Shaw’s critique of the British class system

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024

My Fair Lady review – comedy and chemistry light up Opera North’s musical-theatre triumph

Katie Bird is an irresistible Eliza Doolittle in this inspired show, which takes its interrogation of social mobility seriously but with a sparkling lightness of touch

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

Neil Gaiman’s Coraline to become ‘dark, spangly’ stage musical

Playwright Zinnie Harris and composer Louis Barabbas’s adaptation of the novel will open at Leeds Playhouse and tour in 2025

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

From exhilarating Oliver! to a mardy Beast in the east – three of the best Christmas family shows

Lionel Bart’s classic musical is all light and shade in James Brining’s in-the-round revival; actors and audience ad-lib with aplomb in a seaside Beauty and the Beast; plus, a camp and catchy Snow Queen

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

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Oliver! review – tunes, glorious tunes and a thrillingly vivid production

James Brining’s exemplary staging solves every problem – the antisemitism, the coercive romance – that Lionel Bart’s joyous, beloved but difficult musical presents

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2023

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