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Review: ‘Mallets’

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 […]
Review: ‘The Country Wife’

Review: ‘The Country Wife’

Jess Johnstone reviews the ‘The Country Wife’, the second show in the Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase.
Review: ‘One Minute’

Review: ‘One Minute’

Patience Kanjira reviews ‘One Minute’, the next installment in the UoM Drama Society’s Autumn Showcase
Review: Spring Awakening

Review: Spring Awakening

Grace Currie admires the way in which the cast and creative team handle difficult themes in a challenging production. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
Review: Myopia

Review: Myopia

Jess Johnstone is drawn in to the anonymous world of Martha Treves’ Myopia. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018.
Review: Alpha

Review: Alpha

Jessica Wiehler gets sucked into the totalitarian dystopia of Zoe Kent’s Alpha, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
Review: Yellow Icing

Review: Yellow Icing

Jessica Wiehler reviews the beautifully realised off-kilter world of Rory Calland’s Yellow Icing. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018
Review: A Game of Two Halves

Review: A Game of Two Halves

Lily Brittain enjoys the witty dialogue and twist ending of Joe Large’s A Game of Two Halves. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season 2018
Review: Stroppy

Review: Stroppy

Anuli Changa enjoys the angst and humour of Chloe Weare’s ode to teenage girlhood. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
Review: Aldo

Review: Aldo

Alana Cook revels in the whimsy of Lucio Gray’s Aldo, part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
MIFTA Preview 2018: Yellow Icing

MIFTA Preview 2018: Yellow Icing

The first in a series of previews for this year’s Drama Society MIFTA season

Review: Pomona

Martha Pryer sees Alistair McDowall’s thriller brought to life by the Drama Society

Review: Hitler’s Dad/Therese and Isabelle

The Drama Society present a double bill of short plays as part of the society’s Autumn Season

Review: Returning

Patience Kanjira reviews Returning, part of the Drama Society’s Autumn Season

Review: Holes

Martha Pryer reviews Holes, by Tom Basden. Part of the UMDS Autumn Season 2017

Review: Animal Farm

As part of the Drama Society’s latest ‘Autumn Showcase’, Monique Touko presents her adaption of the Orwell classic Animal Farm

Societies to look out for during Welcome Week

It’s every fresher’s necessity to join university societies during Welcome Week! Here’s a guide to what you can look out for in your first week

Review: The Breakfast Club

The Mancunion’s Annabel Cartwright reviews Sam Ebner-Landy’s contribution to the MIFTAs; a stage adaptation of 1985’s Brat Pack classic The Breakfast Club

Review: Bad Company

Annabel Cartwright reviews one of the picks of this years MIFTA performances; Bad Company, a comic drama by Tom Mackintosh

A New Year, A New Chair

Exclusive interview with the new Chair for the Drama Society 2010-2011