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Review: Opera North’s Street Scene
3rd April 2020

Review: Opera North’s Street Scene

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Opera North’s Street Scene, which is based on the play of the same name, at the Lowry
Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians
3rd April 2020

Review: How To Keep Up With The Kardashians

Alice Porter reviews ‘How To Keep Up With The Kardashians’, a UMDS production on body image and pop culture
Review: Gorgon Westley’s Railway Circus (MIFTA)
30th March 2020

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: King Lear (Shakespeare Society)
30th March 2020

Review: King Lear (Shakespeare Society)

Anna Jin reviews UOM Shakespeare’s society’s adaptation of King Lear at the Students’ Union Theatre
Review: The Shadows (MIFTA)
30th March 2020

Review: The Shadows (MIFTA)

Alexia Pieretti reviews dark comedic social commentary The Shadows, performed at the King’s Arms as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season
Review: monster/monstrum (MIFTA)
30th March 2020

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: Vogue Ball of Atlantis
27th March 2020

Review: Vogue Ball of Atlantis

Lily Rosenberg and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Vogue Ball of Atlantis at Manchester Academy
Review: Augmented
27th March 2020

Review: Augmented

Sam McElhattan reviews Augmented at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Will fans of Back to the Future enjoy the musical adaptation?
24th March 2020

Will fans of Back to the Future enjoy the musical adaptation?

Tara Bharadia explains why fans of the original film will love the musical adaptation of Back to the Future
Review: Back to the Future The Musical
24th March 2020

Review: Back to the Future The Musical

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy, Ana Maria Ortiz and Alana Cook review the worldwide premiere of the musical adaptation of Back to the Future, starring Tony winner Roger Bart, at the Opera House in Manchester

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Review: Nut (MIFTA)
13th March 2020

Review: Nut (MIFTA)

Ellie Klouda reviews Nut at the SU Theatre, which is part of UMDS’ MIFTA season
Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake
11th March 2020

Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

Sam Bronheim reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at the Lowry
Review: Insane Animals
11th March 2020

Review: Insane Animals

Francesca McClimont reviews Bourgeois and Maurice’s Insane Animals at HOME Theatre
Review: Super Duper Close Up
11th March 2020

Review: Super Duper Close Up

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Super Duper Close Up at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Review: Queer Lady M
11th March 2020

Review: Queer Lady M

Rosemary Russett reviews Queer Lady M at Waterside Plaza
Review: Indigo
11th March 2020

Review: Indigo

Alexia Pieretti reviews Indigo at the King’s Arms
In conversation: Winsome Pinnock
10th March 2020

In conversation: Winsome Pinnock

Anna Jin interviews the award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock ahead of her play Rockets and Blue Lights
Review: Ghost Stories
5th March 2020

Review: Ghost Stories

Cara Conte reviews Ghost Stories at the Lowry
Review: Wuthering Heights
5th March 2020

Review: Wuthering Heights

Lily Martin reviews Wuthering Heights at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson
4th March 2020

Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson

Alexia Pieretti reviews The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson at the Lowry