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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 film7th-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
MIFTA Season: Do Not Disturb

MIFTA Season: Do Not Disturb

Ella Marsden reviews the final production in the Drama Society’s MIFTA season: Chloe Weare’s Do Not Disturb
MIFTA Season: We Have Sinned

MIFTA Season: We Have Sinned

Amy Hagan reviews We Have Sinned, new student writing as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season.
Review: Twelfth Night

Review: Twelfth Night

Anuli Changa reviews one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Twelfth Night, performed by the University of Manchester Shakespeare Society
Review: ‘Chicago’

Review: ‘Chicago’

Emily Cushlow review the Theatre Society’s latest production, ‘Chicago’
Review: ‘Barred’

Review: ‘Barred’

Sam McElhattan reviews ‘Barred’, a rehearsed improvisation performed at Antwerp Mansion
Review: ‘Mallets’

Review: ‘Mallets’

‘The stakes are high and the tensions higher.” This statement from the description of the play was certainly true of the University of Manchester Drama Society’s latest production, ‘Mallets’, written by Rex Fisher and directed by Merle Wheldon-Posner and Felix Firth. Set in summer in a garden in South Gloucestershire, the fast-paced and entertaining comedy […]