2025 Stage Door Reviews

I saw Brand New Dress on Monday evening at The Loading Dock Theatre, and it announced itself immediately, loudly, cheekily, and with pink and blue balloons. Andy burst onto the stage in black briefs, clutching pastel balloons in an almost frantic attempt to “cover” themselves, swapping pink for blue, blue for pink, as if the right colour might finally satisfy the world’s obsession with sorting people into pink or blue. And then, with perfect comedic timing, the reveal: tape a

As an avid Audiobook fan and a lover of musical theatre I was fascinated when approached to review ‘Following Jimmy Valentine’. This piece by Jeff Flaster is a new audiobook that blends musical theatre and storytelling, feeling incredibly reminiscent of the radio plays of the 1920s. The piece is based on ‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by writer O. Henry and follows Jimmy Valentine, a notorious jewel thief on his journey to a new life. The story asks if human beings are truly capab

Sun and Wine Arts’ latest production feels like the love child of Love Actually  and The Office . For The Sake of Love by Claire Yorston dives into love in all its glorious forms, passion, longing, unrequited devotion, friendship, and even those fleeting office acquaintanceships, and crams it all into one wildly eventful workplace.    The plot follows a series of deliberately over‑the‑top romantic entanglements… ever heard of a love‑hectogon? Basically, Oliver is hopelessly o