Theatre Archive
11th February 2019
Review: Trial by Laughter
Louise Avey reviews Trial by Laughter at the Lowry Theatre, which may go on to become a hit with seasoned theatre-goers
7th February 2019
Review: Jersey Boys
Grace Johnstone reviews Jersey Boys touring company visit to the Palace Theatre
4th February 2019
Review: Ladybones
Camila Florencia Rusailh reviews Ladybones at The King’s Arms, Salford
31st January 2019
Preview: Ken Cheng’s Best Dad Ever
Anuli Changa talks to comdeian Ken Cheng about his first UK tour and his comedic experience
25th January 2019
Review: Cuts of the Cloth
Jay Darcy reviews Cuts of the Cloth as part of the HOME Push Festival
15th January 2019
Review: The Rocky Horror Show
Jay Darcy reviews the touring company’s Rocky Horror Show on their visit to the Manchester Opera House
11th January 2019
Review: The Frou Frou Club
Patience Kanjira reviews the impressive The Frou Frou Club at 53two, featuring ‘mind-boggling’ performances and huge diversity in its acts
17th December 2018
Review: The Forest of Forgotten Discos
The play was inclusive for all, featuring sign language for deaf actors and audience members
13th December 2018
Review: National Theatre Live’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
It was an “evening full of laughs, action and breath-taking tragedy”
13th December 2018
Review: ‘Wicked’
Lauren Ellis-Stretch reviews ‘Wicked’ in it’s touring production visit to the Palace Theatre
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13th December 2018
Review: ‘Chicago’
Emily Cushlow review the Theatre Society’s latest production, ‘Chicago’
12th December 2018
Review: ‘The Producers’
“Shocking, insulting and outrageous and I loved every minute of it”: Bella Jewell reviews the musical that combines Nazism, glorious campness, and spandex
12th December 2018
Preview: Lady Wildflower presents ‘The Frou Frou Club’
Anuli Changa previews ‘The Frou Frou Club’ presented by Lady Wildflower
6th December 2018
Review: ‘SIX’ The Musical
Anuli Changa reviews ‘SIX’ The Musical, the new smash hit by Marlow and Morris, fresh from the West End
6th December 2018
Review: ‘First Time’
Evie Appleson reviews ‘First Time’, Nathaniel Hall’s solo performance that tackles a difficult subject
6th December 2018
Review: ‘I Caught Crabs in Walberswick’
Sam Bronheim reviews student led production of Joel Horwood’s bittersweet, coming-of-age tale; ‘I Caught Crabs in Walberswick’ on the NIAMOS stage.
6th December 2018
Review: Submission
Jay Darcy reviews ‘Submission’, a French satire scratch performance at HOME Theatre
6th December 2018
Review: ‘Barred’
Sam McElhattan reviews ‘Barred’, a rehearsed improvisation performed at Antwerp Mansion
3rd December 2018
Review: ‘Mallets’
‘The stakes are high and the tensions higher.” This statement from the description of the play was certainly true of the University of Manchester Drama Society’s latest production, ‘Mallets’, written by Rex Fisher and directed by Merle Wheldon-Posner and Felix Firth. Set in summer in a garden in South Gloucestershire, the fast-paced and entertaining comedy […]
3rd December 2018
Review: ‘Jack and the ‘Beaker’stalk: The Panto’
Amy Hagan reviews ‘Jack and the ‘Beaker’stalk: The Panto’ by the UoM Panto Society