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Review: Saving Britney

Review: Saving Britney

Is there more to #FreeBritney than meets the eye? Saving Britney follows a fan’s love affair with the star, who secretly saves her.
All I Want For Christmas is Theatre: What’s on in Manchester

All I Want For Christmas is Theatre: What’s on in Manchester

Find out what shows are heading to Manchester’s main theatres over the holiday season
Hope Mill Theatre is about to get TURNT

Hope Mill Theatre is about to get TURNT

TURN ON FEST returns with in person events, following the 2020 launch and the online festival in 2021
We’re off to see The (wonderful) Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre

We’re off to see The (wonderful) Wiz at Hope Mill Theatre

This Christmas, Hope Mill Theatre is staging The Wiz – a musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – a decade after it was last performed in the UK
Review: Judy & Liza

Review: Judy & Liza

There has been many a notable mother-daughter duo. Jada and Willow. Kris and Kim. Goldie and Kate. Few, however, are as notable and incredible as Judy and Liza. Heck, they’re both so legendary, people often forget that they’re mother and daughter. At 75, Liza Minnelli (Cabaret) is older than her mother, Judy Garland (The Wizard […]
Preview: Zorro the Musical

Preview: Zorro the Musical

Zorro the Musical, which is inspired by the Isabel Allende novel and has music by the Gipsy Kings, opens at Hope Mill Theatre next month, starring Blue’s Antony Costa
Review: Welcome to Shangri-La

Review: Welcome to Shangri-La

Anna Jin reviews Hope Mill Theatre’s Welcome to Shangri-La, written by BAFTA Break-through Gemma Langford
Review: As British as a Watermelon – TURN ON FEST

Review: As British as a Watermelon – TURN ON FEST

Claudia Langley reviews As British as a Watermelon at Hope Mill Theatre
Review: The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit

Review: The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit

Kayleigh Crawford reviews The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit, a musical sequel to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Review: Lady of Jazz

Review: Lady of Jazz

Anna Jin reviews Lady of Jazz at Hope Mill Theatre
Interview with Michaela Bennison of Lady of Jazz

Interview with Michaela Bennison of Lady of Jazz

Anna Jin interviews Michaela Bennison ahead of her starring in the one-woman show Lady of Jazz
Review: Mame

Review: Mame

Alexia Pieretti reviews the first production of Mame in half a century, starring 2 x Olivier winner Tracie Bennett
Review: Miss Julie

Review: Miss Julie

Anuli Changa reviews Elysium Theatre Company’s Miss Julie on its run at the Hope Mill Theatre
Review: RAGS

Review: RAGS

Kayleigh Crawford reviews RAGS, reimagined by Stephen Schwartz and David Thompson, a story of immigration, identity and hope
Review: Mydidae

Review: Mydidae

Sam McElhattan reviews Mydidae the Northern premiere of a play written by BAFTA-winning playwright Jack Thorne and presented by Wonderhouse Theatre.

Review: The Forest of Forgotten Discos

The play was inclusive for all, featuring sign language for deaf actors and audience members
Review: The Replacement Child

Review: The Replacement Child

Rob Tomlinson reviews a production that blends tragedy and comedy by mother and child friendly company Abooo Theatre

Review: Yank! The Musical

A tonally confused musical lifted by some fantastic performances and moments of pathos and humour

Review: HAIR the Musical

Hair the Musical at Hope Mill theatre certainly leaves the audience on a high