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Next to Normal review: UMMTS’s final show of the year is one of their strongest yet

Next to Normal review: UMMTS’s final show of the year is one of their strongest yet

Excellent direction and stellar performances make Next to Normal a fantastic ending to UMMTS’s year
The Manchester Revue: Reviewing the Revue

The Manchester Revue: Reviewing the Revue

A deep dive into the University of Manchester’s comedy society
UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier

UMDS’s Juturna review: A cosmic journey to the final frontier

Benedict Zephyr and Neeyati Singh offer an isolated tale of colonial cabin fever in ‘Juturna’
UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe

UMDS’s A Vacuum at the Centre review: The cryon, the rich, and the aerophobe

In ‘A Vacuum at the Centre’, Elisabeth Hughes and Ruby Coyte produce an eclectically eccentric comedy that comes directly from heart to stage
UMDS’s We Know the Rats review: Restaurant comedy-drama is both brash and sensitive

UMDS’s We Know the Rats review: Restaurant comedy-drama is both brash and sensitive

UMDS kick off the MIFTAs with a searing exploration of masculinity, loss, and pest control in ‘We Know the Rats’
Five disparate personalities united through adversity: UMDS’ Pour Me review

Five disparate personalities united through adversity: UMDS’ Pour Me review

Pour Me, the penultimate play of UMDS’ Autumn Fringe, makes for an AA tragicomedy
UMMTS’s  Bonnie & Clyde review: “The society has outdone themselves.”

UMMTS’s Bonnie & Clyde review: “The society has outdone themselves.”

Bonnie & Clyde takes over Manchester’s SU, with thrilling and enchanting choreography and an engaged audience, UMMTS’s adaption is worth seeing
Review: yellow corners

Review: yellow corners

yellow corners has a wonderful sense of familiarity and nostalgia to it that makes it an instantly lovable hit with anyone who has ever had the (dis)pleasure of being 13
Be Home Soon: Manchester at the Fringe

Be Home Soon: Manchester at the Fringe

The Mancunion sat down to speak with Lily and Katie, part of the team behind the show Be Home Soon, to talk about student theatre, the difficulties in taking a show up to the Fringe, and their new play
Review: Tiramisu (UMDS)

Review: Tiramisu (UMDS)

Tiramisu, which was performed at the University of Manchester SU, is an excellently existential adaptation of Annie Baker’s The Antipodes
Review: Spring Awakening (UMMTS)

Review: Spring Awakening (UMMTS)

UoM’s illustrious Musical Theatre Society perform coming-of-age musical Spring Awakening with astonishing talent and maturity
Review: Skies in the Cloud (UMDS)

Review: Skies in the Cloud (UMDS)

Skies in the Cloud exhibits intimate and ethereal themes, showcasing the talent of UMDS students
Review: Be Home Soon (UMDS)

Review: Be Home Soon (UMDS)

UoM Drama Society’s first play of this academic year Be Home Soon is a heart-warming story full of promise and talent for its amateur cast
Review: UoM Musical Theatre Society autumn showcase

Review: UoM Musical Theatre Society autumn showcase

UoM’s very own Musical Theatre Society’s Autumn Showcase assembled snippets from the outstanding shows performed last academic year
Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Megan Drew accounts her experience directing a virtual play for the Drama Society’s Fringe Festival
What’s On: UMDS Autumn Fringe Festival

What’s On: UMDS Autumn Fringe Festival

UMDS is putting on a plethora of student-crafted work this week, exploring a range of subjects from race and climate change to experimentations with film 7th-13th December.
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
How to get cheap theatre tickets for students and young people

How to get cheap theatre tickets for students and young people

Theatre tickets are expensive, but Theatre Editor Jay Darcy explains how young people and students can take advantage of the schemes, offers and discounts in place
Berkoff’s EAST at Fringe: An Interview with Director Rosie Thackeray

Berkoff’s EAST at Fringe: An Interview with Director Rosie Thackeray

Anuli Changa talks to director Rosie Thackeray about what East means to her and the process of preparing to take the play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
Review: Seussical the Musical

Review: Seussical the Musical

Ella Marsden reviews UMMTS’ production of Seussical the Musical