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Review: Vardy v Rooney – The Wagatha Christie Trial
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
Review: Lear
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
Review: The Commitments
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
Elvis posthumously achieves his dreams at AO Arena
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
Shubbak Festival comes to The Lowry for two Arabian Nights
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
Opera House Manchester brings it on home
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
Review: Guys & Dolls
4th June 2023

Review: Guys & Dolls

The Bridge Theatre’s Guys & Dolls is an immersive, in-the-round, roaring revival of a Broadway classic
Review: Once on This Island
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)
Review: La Clique
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
Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
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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Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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
Live review: Carrie Hope Fletcher at The Lowry
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
Review: Dirty Dancing
1st June 2023

Review: Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing is a timeless classic revived
La Clique: Lj Marles on circus, family and Beyoncé
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
La Clique – Media preview
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
Wagatha Christie: In conversation with Nathan McMullen
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
Review: The Way Old Friends Do
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
Review: Wish You Were Dead
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
Palace Theatre Manchester offers you the time of your life
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
Musicals of Manchester: June
21st May 2023

Musicals of Manchester: June

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this June!