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Manchester International Festival is back (with polkadots and footballs)
26th March 2023

Manchester International Festival is back (with polkadots and footballs)

Manchester International Festival is back, with a play starring Maxine Peake, a residency by Janelle Monáe, a new exhibition by Yayoi Kusama, and much more!
Palace Theatre Manchester hires a bodyguard (and a Pussycat Doll)
26th March 2023

Palace Theatre Manchester hires a bodyguard (and a Pussycat Doll)

The Bodyguard visits Palace Theatre Manchester as part of its third UK tour, starring Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton
Review: My Fair Lady
25th March 2023

Review: My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady, which bows out at Palace Theatre Manchester, attempts to ‘correct’ the sexism in a sumptuous delight
My Fair Lady is the most ‘loverly’ production I have ever seen
25th March 2023

My Fair Lady is the most ‘loverly’ production I have ever seen

My Fair Lady at the Palace Theatre made me want to dance, dance, dance all night
Royal Exchange Theatre gets a cat
23rd March 2023

Royal Exchange Theatre gets a cat

Following on from the success of The Glass Menagerie, the Royal Exchange is staging another Tennessee Williams classic: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Review: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons
22nd March 2023

Review: Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner, is a thought-provoking domestic dystopia
Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to dance all night
22nd March 2023

Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to dance all night

My Fair Lady visits the Palace Theatre for the final stop of its UK tour – starring Adam Woodyatt, Michael D. Xavier, Lesley Garret, and John Middleton
Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero
21st March 2023

Royal Court Theatre is holding out for a hero

Danny Lee Wynter’s debut play, Black Superhero, has its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre – starring Wynter and Dyllón Burnside
Review: The Merchant of Venice 1936
17th March 2023

Review: The Merchant of Venice 1936

The Merchant of Venice 1936 is a powerful, poignant, and radical reimagining of Shakespeare’s most problematic play, with Tracy-Ann Oberman successfully reclaiming Shylock
Review: Rock of Ages
16th March 2023

Review: Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages’ press night at Manchester Opera House was plagued by technical difficulties and saved by an understudy

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Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians
15th March 2023

Bend It Like Bollywood: BBC Three documentary shines a light on queer South Asians

Bend It Like Bollywood, a film from the mind of our Theatre Editor, Jay Darcy, comes to the BBC
Review: Opera North – The Cunning Little Vixen
13th March 2023

Review: Opera North – The Cunning Little Vixen

Welcome to the forest: Opera North’s performance of Janáček’s political opera The Cunning Little Vixen was nothing short of brilliant
Review: Opera North – Tosca
13th March 2023

Review: Opera North – Tosca

Opera North’s stunning adaptation of Puccini’s Tosca was tense and thrilling
Review: Firedance – Reignite 2023
13th March 2023

Review: Firedance – Reignite 2023

Firedance: Reignite 2023, starring Gorka Márquez and Karen Hauer, was a fun, fierce, and yes, fiery extravaganza
Review: Opera North – Ariadne auf Naxos
13th March 2023

Review: Opera North – Ariadne auf Naxos

Opera North’s adaptation of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos had moments of brilliance whilst falling prey to the familiar trope of trying to do everything everywhere all at once
Manchester Opera House makes lemonade out of lots and lots lemons
12th March 2023

Manchester Opera House makes lemonade out of lots and lots lemons

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons comes to Manchester Opera House as part of a two-city tour, following a hit run in the West End – starring Jenna Coleman and Aidan Turner
Manchester Opera House bids farewell to the rock age
12th March 2023

Manchester Opera House bids farewell to the rock age

Rock of Ages comes to Manchester Opera House as part of its farewell tour – starring local legend Kevin Kennedy
Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit
10th March 2023

Review: Death Drop – Back in the Habit

Death Drop: Back in the Habit is an hilarious, daring and surprisingly sociopolitical play starring drag icons Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer
Death Drop: In conversation with LoUis CYfer
10th March 2023

Death Drop: In conversation with LoUis CYfer

We could not let Death Drop: Back in the Habit end its run without interviewing its lead star, LoUis CYfer!
Tracy-Ann Oberman finds a HOME for Shylock
10th March 2023

Tracy-Ann Oberman finds a HOME for Shylock

The Merchant of Venice 1936, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s most controversial (antisemitic) play, comes to HOME – starring Jewish actress Tracy-Ann Oberman as a sympathetic, female Shylock