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Review: Legally Blonde (UMMTS)

Review: Legally Blonde (UMMTS)

Online editor Bec Oakes reviews UMMTS’ production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, based on the classic Reese Witherspoon chick flick
Review: Mame

Review: Mame

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

Review: Amélie The Musical

Jay Darcy reviews Amélie at The Opera House Manchester, a musical adaption of the quirky and surreal French film, which is currently touring the UK
Review: Spring Awakening The Musical

Review: Spring Awakening The Musical

Alexi Pieretti reviews UMMTS’ last musical of the year, Spring Awakening; a show which brings hope for societal change whilst condemning censorship and adults who stifle the minds of the young, as well as the criminalisation of abortion
Review: Hair the Musical

Review: Hair the Musical

Louise Avey reviews a revival of Hair the Musical at the Palace Theatre
Review: Seussical the Musical

Review: Seussical the Musical

Ella Marsden reviews UMMTS’ production of Seussical the Musical
Review: MMR’s 48 Hour Challenge Musical

Review: MMR’s 48 Hour Challenge Musical

Theatre Editor Anuli Changa reviews Manchester Musical Revue’s 48 Hour Challenge Musical
Review: Motown The Musical

Review: Motown The Musical

Jay Darcy reviews jukebox musical Motown The Musical on its touring visit to the Manchester Opera House
Review: Jersey Boys

Review: Jersey Boys

Grace Johnstone reviews Jersey Boys touring company visit to the Palace Theatre
Review: The Rocky Horror Show

Review: The Rocky Horror Show

Jay Darcy reviews the touring company’s Rocky Horror Show on their visit to the Manchester Opera House
Review: ‘Wicked’

Review: ‘Wicked’

Lauren Ellis-Stretch reviews ‘Wicked’ in it’s touring production visit to the Palace Theatre
Review: ‘Chicago’

Review: ‘Chicago’

Emily Cushlow review the Theatre Society’s latest production, ‘Chicago’
Review: ‘SIX’ The Musical

Review: ‘SIX’ The Musical

Anuli Changa reviews ‘SIX’ The Musical, the new smash hit by Marlow and Morris, fresh from the West End
Review: ‘The Last Five Years’

Review: ‘The Last Five Years’

Colette Bond reviews ‘The Last Five Years’, a Jason Robert Brown musical performed at the Bolton Albert Hall
Review: Kinky Boots

Review: Kinky Boots

Jay Darcy reviews ‘Kinky Boots’ as it visits the Manchester Opera House on its national tour.
Review: ‘Foolproof’ by the Manchester Musical Revue

Review: ‘Foolproof’ by the Manchester Musical Revue

Anuli Changa reviews MMR’s ‘Foolproof’
Review: ‘Leading Ladies’

Review: ‘Leading Ladies’

Evie Appleson reviews the ‘Leading Ladies’ Cabaret as part of Hope Mill Theatre’s 3rd birthday celebrations.
Review: Little Women

Review: Little Women

Amy Newell enjoys the final UMMTS show of the year at Partisan Collective
Review: A Chorus Line

Review: A Chorus Line

University of Manchester Musical Theatre Society’s production of A Chorus Line had the audience dancing in their seats
Review: The Clockmaker’s Tale

Review: The Clockmaker’s Tale

Will Vincent is taken back in time by UMMTS’ latest piece of new writing at Barton Arcade