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Review: The Cat and The Canary

Review: The Cat and The Canary

Harriet Cummings reviews The Cat and The Canary at the Opera House, starring Bond girl Britt Ekland and West End star Marti Webb
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Review: Avengers: Ensemble (UMMTS)

Review: Avengers: Ensemble (UMMTS)

Lily Rosenberg reviews the University of Manchester Musical Theatre Society’s (UMMTS) Avengers: Ensemble
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Review: The Marriage of Kim K

Review: The Marriage of Kim K

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Leoe & Hyde’s The Marriage of Kim K at the Lowry
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Review: ‘One Hundred Different Words for Love’

Review: ‘One Hundred Different Words for Love’

Evie Appleson reviews ‘One Hundred Different Words for Love’ at HOME as part of Orbit Festival 2018
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Review: ‘Let It Be’

Review: ‘Let It Be’

Evie Appleson reviews ‘Let It Be’, The Beatles musical at the Manchester Opera House
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Review: City of Glass

Duncan Macmillan and 59 Productions’ hi-tech stage adaptation of the Paul Auster novella combines detective drama with postmodern mania to impressively confusing effect
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Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Hilariously funny and another triumph for the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Review: When Both Sides Surrender

The 2011 riots are dramatised to tremendous effect, an excellent production by a local Manchester theatre
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Review: Breaking the Code

Breaking the Code at the Royal Exchange Theatre was phenomenal and emotionally charged, which kept the audience engaged from beginning to end
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All Genius, All Idiot

All Genius, All Idiot is a delightful circus performance laced with tongue-in-cheek antics, yet does not shy away from edgier material
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