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Review: Capital Letters (UMDS)

Review: Capital Letters (UMDS)

Capital Letters is a dark warning fable for what may be to come – and a triumphant reminder of the vitality and immediacy of art
Review: Triumphs and Falls (UMDS)

Review: Triumphs and Falls (UMDS)

Triumphs and Falls, which was unconventionally performed at Retro, is a strong, complex and relevant play made for a student audience
Review: Skies in the Cloud (UMDS)

Review: Skies in the Cloud (UMDS)

Skies in the Cloud exhibits intimate and ethereal themes, showcasing the talent of UMDS students
Review: Stump (UMDS)

Review: Stump (UMDS)

The Mancunion reviews Stum, performed by the University of Manchester Drama Society at The Brewers in Gay Village
Review: Be Home Soon (UMDS)

Review: Be Home Soon (UMDS)

UoM Drama Society’s first play of this academic year Be Home Soon is a heart-warming story full of promise and talent for its amateur cast
Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians

Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians

Lily Young reviews How To Keep Up With The Kardashians at Underbelly (Edinburgh Fringe)
Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Megan Drew accounts her experience directing a virtual play for the Drama Society’s Fringe Festival
Review: Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus (MIFTA)

Review: Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus (MIFTA)

Sam Whitehouse reviews UMDS’s Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus, which was performed at the Peer Hat as part of the MIFTAs
Review: monster/monstrum (MIFTA)

Review: monster/monstrum (MIFTA)

Alexia Pieretti reviews a live-streaming of Monster/Monstrum, which was performed at NIAMOS Art Centre as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season but live-streamed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis
Review: An Intervention (MIFTA)

Review: An Intervention (MIFTA)

Scarlett Gorman reviews UMDS’ An Intervention, which was performed at John Thaw Studio as part of the MIFTAs
Review: An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (MIFTA)

Review: An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (MIFTA)

Alexia Pieretti reviews An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty at the King’s Arms as part of MIFTA
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Alexia Pieretti reviews UMDS’ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
Review: Teabags in the Sink and A Room in Upper Slaughter

Review: Teabags in the Sink and A Room in Upper Slaughter

What do the everyday issues of a middle-class family and the not-so-everyday issues of two hired assassins have in common? Find out in this double-feature review

Review: ‘My Boy Jack’ – MIFTAs

Andrew Georgeson reviews the MIFTAs performance of ‘My Boy Jack’

‘Man, Woman and not-at-all Mild!’ – MIFTAs review

Ben Marshall reviews an original piece of drama as part of the annual MIFTAs festival

Must See: 4th-11th March

Our pick of what’s on in local theatre this week