Theatre Archive
10th June 2023
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
10th June 2023
Review: Lear
HER Productions’ gender-swapped adaptation of King Lear is brilliantly subversive and phenomenally acted – but it could be better structured
7th June 2023
Review: The Commitments
The Commitments, a jukebox musical based on the film of the same name, is filled with great music, energetic acting, talented musicians, and great laughs
5th June 2023
Elvis posthumously achieves his dreams at AO Arena
Elvis in Concert is back, with the King live on screen with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and special guest Jerry Schilling
5th June 2023
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
5th June 2023
Opera House Manchester brings it on home
The Commitments, a jukebox musical based on the novel of the same name, is heading to Opera House Manchester – starring local legend Nigel Pivaro
4th June 2023
Review: Guys & Dolls
The Bridge Theatre’s Guys & Dolls is an immersive, in-the-round, roaring revival of a Broadway classic
4th June 2023
Review: Once on This Island
Once on This Island is an interesting and intelligent racial reimagining of The Little Mermaid – with gorgeous costumes and majestic lighting but a disappointing set (or lack thereof)
4th June 2023
Review: La Clique
The Mancunion attended La Clique’s exclusive launch party to celebrate its Northern premiere – and we were absolutely blown away
3rd June 2023
Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Daniel Fish’s radical reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! is ambitious, intelligent, and (intentionally) unenjoyable
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3rd June 2023
Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Musical theatre icon Samantha Barks performed a superb solo concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane – where she usually plays Elsa in Frozen
2nd June 2023
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
25th May 2023
La Clique: Lj Marles on circus, family and Beyoncé
The Mancunion sits down with high-heeled aerialist Lj Marles, ahead of the Northern premiere of La Clique
25th May 2023
La Clique – Media preview
Ahead of La Clique’s Northern premiere at Depot Mayfield, The Mancunion attended an exclusive media preview to catch a glimpse of the acts
24th May 2023
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
23rd May 2023
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
23rd May 2023
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
21st May 2023
Palace Theatre Manchester offers you the time of your life
Dirty Dancing returns to the Palace Theatre as part of its UK tour, after a smash-hit residency in the West End
21st May 2023
Musicals of Manchester: June
Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this June!