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Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom

Review: Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom

Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom, starring Kevin Clifton and Faye Brookes, is by no means exceptional – but it is strictly good fun!
Musicals of Manchester: July

Musicals of Manchester: July

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this July!
Review: The RSC’s Julius Caesar

Review: The RSC’s Julius Caesar

The RSC’s innovative adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar falls short of greatness
Life of Pi – showcase with Lolita Chakrabarti OBE and Finn Caldwell

Life of Pi – showcase with Lolita Chakrabarti OBE and Finn Caldwell

Ahead of its first ever UK tour, Life of Pi held a showcase at The Lowry, where it plays over the holiday season – with special guests Lolita Chakrabarti OBE and Finn Caldwell
Review: Vardy v Rooney – The Wagatha Christie Trial

Review: Vardy v Rooney – The Wagatha Christie Trial

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie trial is a brilliant verbatim dramatisation (albeit with hilarious football commentators) that takes us behind the courtroom’s closed doors
Shubbak Festival comes to The Lowry for two Arabian Nights

Shubbak Festival comes to The Lowry for two Arabian Nights

Shubbak Festival, the UK’s largest celebration of contemporary Arab arts and cultures, expands beyond London with two touring shows visiting The Lowry
Live review: Carrie Hope Fletcher at The Lowry

Live review: Carrie Hope Fletcher at The Lowry

Carrie Hope Fletcher, the biggest West End star right now, dropped by The Lowry as part of her first ever UK tour
Wagatha Christie: In conversation with Nathan McMullen

Wagatha Christie: In conversation with Nathan McMullen

The Mancunion sits down with Nathan McMullen, ahead of the UK tour of Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
Review: The Way Old Friends Do

Review: The Way Old Friends Do

The Way Old Friends Do, which follows the establishment of the first drag ABBA tribute band, is a celebration of friendship, queerness and, yes, ABBA
Review: Wish You Were Dead

Review: Wish You Were Dead

Out of the four adaptations of Peter James’ books that I have seen, Wish You Were Dead, starring George Rainsford and Katie McGlynn, translated the worse onto the stage
Musicals of Manchester: June

Musicals of Manchester: June

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this June!
The Lowry welcomes old friends for a night of devotion, desire and Dancing Queens

The Lowry welcomes old friends for a night of devotion, desire and Dancing Queens

The Way Old Friends Do, a play about the first ABBA tribute band in drag, visits The Lowry as part of its UK tour
Carrie Hope Fletcher is pulled back to The Lowry

Carrie Hope Fletcher is pulled back to The Lowry

Carrie Hope Fletcher is ‘pulled’ back to The Lowry as part of her first ever UK tour, An Open Book
Review: Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist – An Oliver Twisted Tale

Review: Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist – An Oliver Twisted Tale

Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist beatboxes new life into Oliver Twist – but, like Oliver himself, it leaves me asking for more
The Lowry gets it twisted

The Lowry gets it twisted

The stage adaptation of Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist, itself a reimagining of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, comes to The Lowry as part of its UK tour
Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, starring Kathryn Hunter, is a remarkable production, an unclassifiable story, and a visual feast
Review: Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror

Review: Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror

Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror tells a devastating tale whilst showcasing the most dazzling disabled talent
Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Review: The Beekeeper of Aleppo

The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a beautiful but disappointing adaptation of Christy Lefteri’s novel
Review: Mother Goose

Review: Mother Goose

Mother Goose, starring Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop, is so wholesome and funny that even those of us who don’t like pantos will enjoy it
Ride through the air on a very fine gander to The Lowry

Ride through the air on a very fine gander to The Lowry

Mother Goose comes to The Lowry for the penultimate stop of its UK tour, starring Sir Ian McKellen, John Bishop, and Anna-Jane Casey