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Review: Opera North’s Street Scene

Review: Opera North’s Street Scene

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Opera North’s Street Scene, which is based on the play of the same name, at the Lowry
Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

Sam Bronheim reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at the Lowry
Review: A Monster Calls

Review: A Monster Calls

Tara Bharadia reviews A Monster Calls, which is based on the novel of the same name and was also adapted into a film, at the Lowry
Thunder Girl: in conversation with Melanie Blake

Thunder Girl: in conversation with Melanie Blake

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Claudia Langley interview Melanie Blake, ahead of the tour of the stage adaptation of her best-selling novel, The Thunder Girls
Review: Tribe – Still I Rise

Review: Tribe – Still I Rise

Ana Maria Ortiz reviews Tribe’s Still I Rise at the Lowry
Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Mischief Theatre’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Lowry
Review: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical

Review: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, starring Griff Rhys Jones OBE, Edward Baker-Duly and Matt Terry
Review: The Little Prince

Review: The Little Prince

Anna Jin reviews The Little Prince, an adaptation of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novella, at the Lowry
Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

Sam Bronheim reviews Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes at the Lowry, which stars Adam Cooper and Ashley Shaw
Review: Circus 1903

Review: Circus 1903

Rosemary Russett reviews Circus 1903 at the Lowry
Review: Toast

Review: Toast

Tara Bharadi reviews Nigel Slater’s autobiographical play, Toast
Review: Rambert – Triple Bill

Review: Rambert – Triple Bill

Anna Jin reviews Rambert – Triple Bill at the Lowry
Review: Nuclear Future

Review: Nuclear Future

Dolly Busby reviews Gameshow’s Nuclear Future, the portrayal of family in a post-nuclear apocalyptic landscape
Review: Dada Masilo – Giselle

Review: Dada Masilo – Giselle

Sophia Hadji-Michael and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Dada Masilo’s radical reimagining of the classic ballet Giselle
Review: Zoonation’s Some Like it Hip Hop

Review: Zoonation’s Some Like it Hip Hop

Cara Conte reviews Zoonation’s Olivier Award-nominated Some Like it Hip Hop
Review: The Lovely Bones

Review: The Lovely Bones

Ella Broadbent reviews The Lovely Bones, the stage adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name
Review: Igor and Moreno’s Beat

Review: Igor and Moreno’s Beat

Camila Florencia Rusailh reviews Igor and Moreno’s BEAT at the Lowry
Review: Hedda Tesman

Review: Hedda Tesman

Alexia Pieretti reviews Hedda Tessman, a modern retelling of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic Hedda Gabler
Review: The RSC’s The Taming of The Shrew

Review: The RSC’s The Taming of The Shrew

Kayleigh Crawford reviews the RSC’s gender-swapped adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew at the Lowry
Review: Mrs Lowry & Son

Review: Mrs Lowry & Son

Jay Darcy reviews Mrs Lowry & Son, the new biopic about local artist L. S. Lowry, at the theatre named after him