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29th January 2012

Review: Glenn Wool at The Frog & Bucket 18/1/12

Did a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band have a hand in 9/11? Do beavers have a messiah? These are only a couple of the questions that this Canadian funny man addresses in his one man show, currently touring the UK.
7th January 2012

Half-way to Broadway

Review: UMMTS Back to Broadway
13th December 2011

How to Solve with revolvers

Review: UMDS Autumn Showcase- Solve
13th December 2011

My cup of tea

Review: UMDS Autumn Showcase- Not My Cup of Tea
13th December 2011

A tribute to Shelagh Delaney

‘It’s a bugger of a life, by Jesus.’ Shelagh Delaney 1938-2011
5th December 2011

Arts Council Internship Guidelines: step towards change or façade of equality?

Becky Williams discusses internships in the Arts
5th December 2011

Interview: University of Manchester Drama Society

Josephine Lane talks with students Elisha Mansuroglu and Sophie Taylor about their upcoming performance.
28th November 2011

Noel’s latest chapter

Fielding sticks it to the virtual and hits a home run for the tangible
16th November 2011

Habeas Vile

Review- Habeas Corpus at the Bolton Octagon
15th November 2011

Jon Richardson at The Lowry, 28th October 2011

Dani Middleton is taken by the Jon Richardson factor

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15th November 2011

Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

Review-Angels in America – Part One: Millennium Approaches at MMU’s Capitol Theatre
14th November 2011

Growing Pains

Review- Pains of Youth at MMU’s Capitol Theatre
11th November 2011

No Monkey Business

Review: One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show at the Contact Theatre
8th November 2011

21st October: Best in Standup

Manchester’s comedy store has been open since 2000 and, like its sister stage in London, is one of the most established venues in comedy. Best in Standup is one of the club’s weekly shows. Compare Ben Norris was relaxed and irreverent, and did the usual crowd warm up banter with ease and fast-paced wit. Opener […]
4th November 2011

Mercurial Muppets

Three different perspectives on the Contact Theatre’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
25th October 2011

Interview- Michael Mayhew

Alice Hughes talks to performance artist Michael Mayhew
25th October 2011

Thrashing About

Review- Thrasher at the Royal Exchange Studio
12th October 2011

Not going all the way

Review: All The Way Home at The Lowry
11th October 2011

Fix me another drink

Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Bolton Octagon
11th October 2011

Brutal but honest

Review: Crystal Kisses at Contact Theatre