Shelagh Delaney | The Crescent Theatre | Directed by Colin Judges

Confession time: this was my first ‘A Taste of Honey’. Shelagh Delaney’s taboo-shattering play, first performed in 1958, has long been on my ‘must-see’ list but for some reason it’s escaped me. Until now.

David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin Jr | Highbury Theatre | Directed by Rob Phillips

How I have been an avid theatregoer for decades and never come across the fictional Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society is a mystery. I’d never even heard of it before being kindly invited along to see the latest production at Sutton Coldfield’s Highbury Theatre, directed by Rob Phillips. It’s a hoot. A farcical evening of high jinks delivered with a knowing nod to the sheer ridiculousness of staging a play.