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What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’
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UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS put an elegant spin on the classic comedy of errors
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UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties

UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties

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UMDS’ Cliffs is a sappy but sweet study of a family across generations
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New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in our increasingly individualistic society 

New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in our increasingly individualistic society 

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In New Leeds, Jake Turner Chan paints a striking vision of a future shaped by climate change, and the ties that keep us afloat
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“Love mix’d with fear is sweetest”: UMDS’ The Duchess of Malfi

“Love mix’d with fear is sweetest”: UMDS’ The Duchess of Malfi

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UMDS’ adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi manages to revive a powerful depiction of Jacobean misogyny
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UMDS Wish List: Brilliantly uncaring

UMDS Wish List: Brilliantly uncaring

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Katherine Soper’s Wish List is handled with care by a skilled cast and crew
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Review: An Intervention (MIFTA)

Review: An Intervention (MIFTA)

Scarlett Gorman reviews UMDS’ An Intervention, which was performed at John Thaw Studio as part of the MIFTAs
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MIFTA Season: The Results

MIFTA Season: The Results

The results are in – find out who won the awards at the Drama Society’s MIFTA ceremony
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MIFTA Season: The Greatest Tory Ever Told

MIFTA Season: The Greatest Tory Ever Told

Cathy Wippell reviews The Greatest Tory Ever Told as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
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MIFTA Season: Swish Swish

MIFTA Season: Swish Swish

Alexia Pieretti reviews Swish Swish, a story of strong women and friendship, as of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season
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MIFTA Season: A Place

MIFTA Season: A Place

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Sass Holmes’ A Place, as part of the University of Manchester Drama Soicety MIFTA season
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MIFTA Season: Review: Enron

MIFTA Season: Review: Enron

Anya Guzenkova reviews Enron as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
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Review: the return of A Game of Two Halves

Review: the return of A Game of Two Halves

Libby Williamson reviews the return of ‘A Game of Two Halves’, the winner of Best Production at the Manchester In-Fringe Theatre Awards (MIFTAs)
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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
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Review: Lovesong

Part of The University of Manchester Drama Society’s MIFTAs season, this play highlights how important time is and has fast things can change
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Review: Helping Hannah

Part of The University of Manchester Drama Society’s MIFTAs season, this is a charming, coming of age drama
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Review: Killing Curtis Drake

Part of the MIFTAS season by the University of Manchester Drama Society, this play doesn’t quiet live up to expectations
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Review: Artificial Salt

Part of the MIFTAS season by the University of Manchester Drama Society the ambitious and daring nature of this play pays off
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Review: Was it good for you?

Part of the MIFTAS season by the University of Manchester Drama Society this is a hilarious play about one night stands
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Review: An Evening With The Voices In Annie’s Head

Sarah Teale’s ‘An Evening With The Voices In Annie’s Head’ steals the lime light of the University of Manchester Drama society 2016 MIFTA’s
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