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The RSC’s innovative adaptation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar falls short of greatness
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
The Mancunion sits down with Nathan McMullen, ahead of the UK tour of Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial
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
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
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Akram Khan’s reimagining of The Jungle Book offers a charming yet bleak moral perspective on the ecological crisis we could be facing in years to come
Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist beatboxes new life into Oliver Twist – but, like Oliver himself, it leaves me asking for more
The Mancunion sits down with Katie McGlynn ahead of her joining the UK tour of Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead
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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, starring Kathryn Hunter, is a remarkable production, an unclassifiable story, and a visual feast
Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror tells a devastating tale whilst showcasing the most dazzling disabled talent
The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a beautiful but disappointing adaptation of Christy Lefteri’s novel
Mother Goose, starring Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop, is so wholesome and funny that even those of us who don’t like pantos will enjoy it
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Welcome to the forest: Opera North’s performance of Janáček’s political opera The Cunning Little Vixen was nothing short of brilliant
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
‘On the sixth day, God created MANchester’ and he threw in some great art galleries too
Death Drop is back with a brand-new story and a killer cast, including Jujubee, Cheryl Hole, Victoria Scone, Kitty Scott-Claus, and LoUis CYfer