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20th February 2017

Review: Was it good for you?

Part of the MIFTAS season by the University of Manchester Drama Society this is a hilarious play about one night stands
20th February 2017

BAFTA Awards 2017

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) took place on 12th February at London’s Royal Albert Hall
10th February 2017

Review: Swan Lake

Moscow City Ballet produce exquisite dance numbers in the ill-fated love story of Swan Lake at the Palace Theatre
10th February 2017

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is open for submissions
10th February 2017

Review: The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba is a gripping and emotional play whose symbols and characters remain relevant 80 years after its original setting
4th February 2017

Review: Amadeus

London’s National Theatre comes to Manchester’s HOME, first class entertainment at a Northern price
2nd February 2017

Review: Narvik

A truly haunting and mesmerising play by Lizzie Nunnery
31st January 2017

Review: The Peony Pavilion – Chinese National Ballet

The Peony Pavilion is one of the most famous Chinese love stories and is performed by the Chinese National Ballet at The Lowry
27th January 2017

What is coming to Manchester’s theatres in semester two

The best bits of theatre coming to Manchester this semester
24th January 2017

Interview: Lizzie Nunnery

The Mancunion’s Theatre editor Brogen Campbell talks to writer Lizzie Nunnery about her play ‘Narvik’

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1st January 2017

Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The audience at the Lowry were treated to a wonderful performance that was visually superb and entertaining from beginning to end
1st January 2017

Review: Sweet Charity

This reinvention of the classic Broadway musical will have you laughing, clapping and ready to dance the night away
23rd December 2016

Review: An Evening of Puccini

An opera with a twist, it’s both funny and accessible
14th December 2016

Interview: VANT

Amy Matthews sits down with rockers VANT to talk about Theresa May, Manchester crowds and their forthcoming album DUMB BLOOD.
6th December 2016

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Hilariously funny and another triumph for the Royal Shakespeare Company
2nd December 2016

Review: Billy Elliot The Musical

This toe-tapping smash hit musical will have you crying and laughing and everything in-between
2nd December 2016

Review: When Both Sides Surrender

The 2011 riots are dramatised to tremendous effect, an excellent production by a local Manchester theatre
28th November 2016

Review: Police Cops

An hour long show of madcap physical theatre, acted with aplomb
28th November 2016

Interview: Daisy Lewis

The Mancunion spoke to Daisy Lewis about being apart of the National Youth Theatre and why you should audition
28th November 2016

Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Love Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing have been paired sharing the same cast and set on different nights, after watching Love Labour’s Lost Jennifer Sterne argues that the impact of their pairing would be more effective if shown as a double-bill