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The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Reviewed by Una Cottrell May 2013 "That was more romantic than I was expecting.” To quote my 12 year old daughter after watching the The Great Gatsby, the most recent film from the...
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Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization
Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization By Dr Kevin Yuill, Published by Palgrave Macmillan 2013Reviewed by Denis Joe May 2013 The high profile case of Jacintha Saldanha, who...
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How to relax in Amsterdam by John Waterhouse
How to relax in Amsterdam by John WaterhouseAt Salford Arts Theatre Reviewed by Yvonne Cawley May 2013If you fancy a great night out at the theatre, to indulge yourself with a good old fashioned...
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Lohengrin - Welsh National Opera
Lohengrin by WNO Reviewed by Denis Joe June 2013 Antony McDonald updates the action to Bismarck’s Germany. I don’t think I have ever heard the prelude to Act 1 played so beautifully. Lothar Koenings...
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Away From Home by Rob Ward and Martin Jameson
Away From Home by Rob Ward and Martin JamesonProduced by Working ProgressTo be reviewed by Simon Belt Juy 2013 Kyle is comfortable with his life as a gay male escort until the day he is hired by a...
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Mysterious Skin by Prince Gomolvilas
Mysterious Skin by Prince GomolvilasProduced by Vertigo, Performed at Three Minute TheatreReviewed by Simon Belt May 2013 What a pleasure to return to Manchester’s Three Minute Theatre, with its...
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Dream On by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan
Dream On by Lloyd Eyre-Morgan Reviewed by Simon Belt June 2013 This coming of age story about two teenage boys who meet on a Welsh campsite is also a coming of age story for Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (LEM...
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Manchester Sound: The Massacre
Manchester Sound: The Massacre by Polly Wiseman Presented by Library Theatre, Directed by Paul JepsonAt a secret venue in the Northern QuarterReviewed by Fat Roland June 2013 Justin Bieber is on a...
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Thérèse Desqueyroux
Thérèse Desqueyroux, Cornerhouse Reviewed by Jane Turner June 2013 The late Claude Miller’s final film is intensely claustrophobic, unventilated and suffocating, leaving one gasping in the darkness...
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Wagner Dream by Jonathan Harvey
Wagner Dream by Jonathan HarveyLibretto by Jean-Claude Carrière, WNO Reviewed by Denis Joe June 2013 Sadly, Jonathan Harvey passed away last December and so did not look like we would get to see the...
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Turning FACT Inside Out
Turning FACT Inside Outat the FACT, Liverpool until 15th September 2013 Reviewed by Denis Joe July 2013 FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool celebrates its 10th anniversary...
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The Harpington Toad Fanciers' Social by John Waterhouse
The Harpington Toad Fanciers' Social Written by John Waterhouse, Directed by David SamuelsProduced by Nuts & Bolts Theatre, in Nowt Part of Festival Reviewed by Yvonne Cawley July 2013 Harpington...
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Livid Among The Ghostings by Anna Percy
Livid Among The Ghostings by Anna PercyPublished by Flapjack Press Reviewed by Denis Joe July 2013 Livid Among The Ghostings is Anna Percy’s first full collection of poetry and my first encounter with...
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Othello by Theatre by Numbers
Othello - Produced by Theatre by Numbers Gullivers, Oldham Street, Manchester Reviewed by Yvonne Cawley October 2013 I have to hold my hands up and admit that I don’t know a lot about dear old...
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Crime and Punishment at Liverpool Playhouse
Crime and Punishment, Liverpool Playhouse Reviewed by Jane Turner October 2013 An impressive display of anguish. Not easy to sit through, but worth it. After reading the 500+ pages of Dostoyevsky’s...
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The Master and Margarita at Unity Theatre
The Master and Margarita, Unity Theatre Reviewed by Georgina Kirk October 2013 It was with a mixture of curiosity and trepidation that I approached Lodestar’s dramatisation of The Master and...
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Wicked at The Palace Theatre
Wicked at The Palace Theatre Reviewed by Una Cottrell October 2013 In keeping with the regeneration and upswing of Manchester city centre, yet another major London musical show has dropped anchor...
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Boomtown Rats at Manchester Academy
Boomtown Rats at Manchester Academy Reviewed by Catherine Smyth November 2013 Ok, I will admit that there was more grey and Grecian than in the band posters that adorned my wall when I was a teen. I...
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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Reviewed by Sarah Bartlett November 2013 The devil arrives in Moscow. The city descends into a temporary and fantastical chaos, exposing the true moral...
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Chess Pieces by John Waterhouse
Chess Pieces by John Waterhouse At Salford Arts Theatre Reviewed by Kritsanu Belt October 2013 Chess Pieces is a musical comedy with an intriguing title and tagline, suggesting a hidden manipulation...
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