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What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines family melodrama with deep sea cult horror

Family, love, and cultlike faith unspool together in this new undersea drama, ‘Divine Wave’
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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’
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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
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UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic

UMDS’ Eurydice: A playfully haunting take on a Greek classic

Hattie Wood and Martha Pardue’s ethereal production of Sarah Ruhl’s Greek tragedy never looks back
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UMDS’s The Beauty of It review: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore receive a touching tribute

UMDS’s The Beauty of It review: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore receive a touching tribute

UMDS shine a light on a pair of forgotten queer artists and activists in ‘The Beauty of It’
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UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS’s The Importance of Being Earnest review: An outstanding adaptation of Wilde’s satirical comedy

UMDS put an elegant spin on the classic comedy of errors
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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’
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UMDS’ Start Swimming: Radically, powerfully pessimistic

UMDS’ Start Swimming: Radically, powerfully pessimistic

In Start Swimming, its final Autumn Fringe show, UMDS proves that it is not going anywhere
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UMDS’ Playback: Supernatural family drama makes for an introspective watch

UMDS’ Playback: Supernatural family drama makes for an introspective watch

Playback brings sibling conflict and a deeply haunted house to UMDS’ Autumn Fringe
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A wasteland full of meaning: UMDS’ It Speaks in American Review

A wasteland full of meaning: UMDS’ It Speaks in American Review

Daniel Grady and Maisy Nichols’ It Speaks in American is a striking take on quintessential Americana
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UMDS’ Muffins: A mystery masterpiece

UMDS’ Muffins: A mystery masterpiece

UMDS’s corporate comedy of errors offers slapstick, wordplay, and baked goods
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The Candidates: UMDS’s first show of the year provides confrontation and comedy

The Candidates: UMDS’s first show of the year provides confrontation and comedy

In The Candidates, Harry Petts and Dan Greenwood deliver a strong satire that drips with both farce and melancholy
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UMDS’ The Postcode Lottery: Brand spanking new satire of class cruelty

UMDS’ The Postcode Lottery: Brand spanking new satire of class cruelty

Alfie Pullum and Maisie Bayliss’ The Postcode Lottery offers up a cutting commentary on hunter and hunted
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“Diverse, dynamic, and collaborative”: The UMDS of 2025-2026

“Diverse, dynamic, and collaborative”: The UMDS of 2025-2026

The Mancunion sits down with co-presidents Mili and Nitheeshan to talk everything UMDS
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A dramatic guide to Manchester’s top five theatres

A dramatic guide to Manchester’s top five theatres

Want to know where to go for a good show? Check out The Mancunion’s top five theatres in Manchester
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Mooncalf: UMDS’ absurd comedy is a promising pick for London showcase

Mooncalf: UMDS’ absurd comedy is a promising pick for London showcase

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UMDS’ campy, farcical comedy still knows exactly when to twist the knife
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UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties

UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties

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UMDS’ Cliffs is a sappy but sweet study of a family across generations
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New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in our increasingly individualistic society 

New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in our increasingly individualistic society 

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In New Leeds, Jake Turner Chan paints a striking vision of a future shaped by climate change, and the ties that keep us afloat
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“Love mix’d with fear is sweetest”: UMDS’ The Duchess of Malfi

“Love mix’d with fear is sweetest”: UMDS’ The Duchess of Malfi

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UMDS’ adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi manages to revive a powerful depiction of Jacobean misogyny
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Pavel Kushnir in Concert: UMDS has produced something extraordinary

Pavel Kushnir in Concert: UMDS has produced something extraordinary

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Pavel Kushnir in Concert is an astonishing tribute to a lost political activist
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