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HOME and the Angry Inch

HOME and the Angry Inch

HOME and Leeds Playhouse’s new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is coming to HOME
Chicago just got three degrees hotter: Sheila Ferguson joins the cast

Chicago just got three degrees hotter: Sheila Ferguson joins the cast

The Three Degrees’ Sheila Ferguson will be stepping into the role of Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago at Manchester Opera House
Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Roxanne Perron explains how Beauty and the Beast, currently playing at the Palace Theatre, honours the original film whilst offering something new
Review: Beauty and the Beast

Review: Beauty and the Beast

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theatre, starring Gavin Lee, Sam Bailey, Nigel Richards and Martin Ball
Les Misérables: a magical musical or mere misery?

Les Misérables: a magical musical or mere misery?

Deputy News Editor Shikhar Talwar argues that the world-renowned Les Misérables, currently playing at the Lowry, is far from perfect
Review: Les Misérables

Review: Les Misérables

Aayush Chadha reviews Les Misérables at the Lowry Theatre
Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

Sophie Hicks reviews Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Manchester Opera House, starring Alexandra Burke, Jason Donovan and Jac Yarrow
Review: Barbara Dickson at King Georges Hall

Review: Barbara Dickson at King Georges Hall

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Barbara Dickson OBE at King Georges Hall
Bonjour! Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to be their guest

Bonjour! Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to be their guest

The new, redesigned stage adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a two month residency
Another Singer in Another Hall: Barbara Dickson is back

Another Singer in Another Hall: Barbara Dickson is back

2 x Olivier winner Barbara Dickson is touring the UK in support of her latest studio album, Time is Going Faster
‘Magic truly is real’ – Bedknobs and Broomsticks at The Lowry

‘Magic truly is real’ – Bedknobs and Broomsticks at The Lowry

Brummie/Cockney accents, excellent puppetry and a truly magical bed – Emily Turvey reviews the stage adaptation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks at the Lowry, which last played in Manchester mere months ago and stars Dianne Pilkington in the lead role
Bedknobs and Broomsticks flies into the Lowry

Bedknobs and Broomsticks flies into the Lowry

Disney’s stage musical adaptation of Bedknobs and Broomsticks returns to Manchester, playing at the Lowry and starring Dianne Pilkington
West Side Story’s primary problem lies in its repeatedly rewritten signature song

West Side Story’s primary problem lies in its repeatedly rewritten signature song

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy explores the problems of West Side Story through its signature song, ‘America’
The Royal Exchange Theatre is dreaming of a Strange Christmas

The Royal Exchange Theatre is dreaming of a Strange Christmas

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the Royal Exchange Theatre’s annual musical of 2021
Déjà Review: West End LIVE 2021

Déjà Review: West End LIVE 2021

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Olivia Castagnetti review West End Live 2021
Palace Theatre Manchester is dreaming of a White Christmas

Palace Theatre Manchester is dreaming of a White Christmas

Based on the iconic film of the same name, the musical adaptation of White Christmas plays at the Palace Theatre later this month
Review: Tell Me on a Sunday

Review: Tell Me on a Sunday

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tell Me on a Sunday, which stars Jodie Prenger, at the Lowry
Review: Rock of Ages

Review: Rock of Ages

Aayush Chadha reviews Rock of Ages at the Opera House
Review: Grease

Review: Grease

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Grease at the Opera House, starring Peter Andre
Review: Heathers

Review: Heathers

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Heathers – which is based on the cult film of the same name – at the Palace Theatre