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Review: Death Drop

Review: Death Drop

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Death Drop at the Lowry – which stars Drag Race legends Willam, Ra’Jah O’Hara, Vinegar Strokes and Karen from Finance
From Drag Race to Death Drop: Karen from Finance

From Drag Race to Death Drop: Karen from Finance

Alex Bikard interviews RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under star Karen from Finance about her role in the murder mystery play Death Drop
Review: Anton & Giovanni – Him & Me

Review: Anton & Giovanni – Him & Me

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice’s Him & Me at the Lowry
Review: Opera North’s A Night at the Opera

Review: Opera North’s A Night at the Opera

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Opera North’s A Night at the Opera at the Lowry – the first Mancunion Theatre review since theatres reopened in 2021
Review: Opera North’s Street Scene

Review: Opera North’s Street Scene

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Opera North’s Street Scene, which is based on the play of the same name, at the Lowry
Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

Review: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

Sam Bronheim reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at the Lowry
Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson

Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson

Alexia Pieretti reviews The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson at the Lowry
Review: A Monster Calls

Review: A Monster Calls

Tara Bharadia reviews A Monster Calls, which is based on the novel of the same name and was also adapted into a film, at the Lowry
Thunder Girl: in conversation with Melanie Blake

Thunder Girl: in conversation with Melanie Blake

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy and Claudia Langley interview Melanie Blake, ahead of the tour of the stage adaptation of her best-selling novel, The Thunder Girls
Review: Kneehigh’s Ubu!

Review: Kneehigh’s Ubu!

Scarlett Gorman reviews Kneehigh’s Ubu! at the Lowry
Review: Tribe – Still I Rise

Review: Tribe – Still I Rise

Ana Maria Ortiz reviews Tribe’s Still I Rise at the Lowry
Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Kayleigh Crawford reviews Mischief Theatre’s Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Lowry
Review: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical

Review: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! the Musical

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, starring Griff Rhys Jones OBE, Edward Baker-Duly and Matt Terry
Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

Sam Bronheim reviews Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes at the Lowry, which stars Adam Cooper and Ashley Shaw
Review: Circus 1903

Review: Circus 1903

Rosemary Russett reviews Circus 1903 at the Lowry
Review: Toast

Review: Toast

Tara Bharadi reviews Nigel Slater’s autobiographical play, Toast
Review: Rambert – Triple Bill

Review: Rambert – Triple Bill

Anna Jin reviews Rambert – Triple Bill at the Lowry
Review: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

Review: The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

Kayleigh Crawford reviews The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memorial
Review: Nuclear Future

Review: Nuclear Future

Dolly Busby reviews Gameshow’s Nuclear Future, the portrayal of family in a post-nuclear apocalyptic landscape
Review: Dada Masilo – Giselle

Review: Dada Masilo – Giselle

Sophia Hadji-Michael and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Dada Masilo’s radical reimagining of the classic ballet Giselle