Yorkshire Theatre Newsletter: What's On This Week (Dec 3-9)
Good fairy -- where are you? The evil Omicron is set to ruin Christmas...
Theatre needs the Omicron variant like it needs a hole in the head. And the confused messaging doesn’t help. Who knows what social distancing regulations will apply to mass gatherings in a week or two’s time? I say — go! Go now, when you’ve got the chance. You know those beastly little disease vectors also known as children have had Covid-19 already.
But if you can’t risk attendance at a live event, here are some online offerings that are worth considering:
Mike Kenny’s adaptation of E Nesbit’s quietly subversive novel The Railway Children is live from Hull Truck on Dec 3 (£10-£29), and on demand Dec 6-Jan 2 (£10-£28.50)
Northern Broadsides have Beyond These Walls, four short plays by Tennessee Williams delivered in a Yorkshire accent. To Jan 1, £3-£5.
Red Ladder are hosting Smile Club: At Home. Any woman who has invested too much of her sanity in being ‘good’ and ‘nice’ will …