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Hamlet - Bolton Octagon
Hamlet at Bolton Octagon Directed by David Thacker Reviewed by John Waterhouse and Charles Britten, February 2018 It often seems the better known a Shakespeare play, the more modern directors and...
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West Side Story - Buxton Opera House
West Side Story at Buxton Opera House Directed by Paul Kerryson Reviewed by John Waterhouse February 2018 This production of West Side Story can only be described as superb. After seeing the show,...
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Up and Coming
Up and Coming by Eric Chapell at Altrincham Garrick Theatre Reviewed by John Waterhouse February 2018 Politics, like it loathe it, is always with us; the subject of Brexit seeming exhaustible and...
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Vincent River - Hope Mill
Vincent River by Philip Ridley at Hope Mill Theatre Reviewed by Katie Leicester February 2018 Vincent River by Philip Ridley premiered in London at the Hampstead Theatre in 2000; the script has been...
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Circle Mirror Transformation
Circle Mirror Transformation at HOME By Annie Baker, Directed by Bijan Sheibani Reviewed by Johanna Hassouna-Smith, March 2018 HOME is currently delighting audiences with Annie Baker’s Pulitzer...
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Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Hard Times by Charles Dickens Adapted for the stage by Deborah McAndrew Directed by Conrad Nelson at Lowry Theatre, Salford Reviewed by Johanna Hassouna-Smith, March 2018 Charles Dickens’ classic...
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The Little Matchgirl (and other happier tales)
The Little Matchgirl at Buxton Opera House Written by Joel Horwood and adapted with Emma Rice from stories by Hans Christian Andersen Reviewed by John Waterhouse March 2018 I went along to Buxton...
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Circle Mirror Transformation
Circle Mirror Transformation at HOME By Annie Baker, Directed by Bijan Sheibani Reviewed by Johanna Hassouna-Smith, March 2018 HOME is currently presenting Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize winning...
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An Evening with Eddie Fontana
An Evening with Eddie Fontana @ 3MT by Liam Moody Reviewed by John Waterhouse March 2018 At first glance, An Evening with Eddie Fontana is exactly what it says on the packet; an evening with a...
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The Sound of Music - Palace Theatre
The Sound of Music at Palace Theatre, Manchester Reviewed by Matthew Dougall March 2018 When presenting such an iconic and classic musical such as this which is famous throughout the world as one of...
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Cinderella - Lowry Theatre
Cinderella at Lowry Theatre Reviewed by Katie Leicester March 2018 Being a person who loves all the glitz and glamour of the theatre I have to confess that I have very little experience of ballet,...
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The Importance of Being Ernest
The Importance of Being Ernest Directed by Alastair Whatley at Opera House Reviewed by Johanna Hassouna-Smith, March 2018 The Importance of Being Ernest is a comedy by Oscar Wilde and takes a...
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John Bramwell on Tour
John Bramwell at St Helens – Citadel Reviewed by Jane Turner March 2018 Northerners get more than their fair share of bad press, with some think tanks writing off whole cities and Boris Johnson...
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Whisky Galore - Oldham Coliseum
Whisky Galore at Oldham Coliseum Written by Philip Goulding, adapted from the Compton Mackenzie novel Reviewed by John Waterhouse March 2018 At first glance, a curious if not bizaarre combination -...
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The Dinner Party
The Dinner Party by Neil Simon at Altrincham Little Theatre Reviewed by John Waterhouse March 2018 The Dinner Party is a genuinely intriguing play partly because the premise is a very imaginative...
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East is East - Bolton Octagon
East is East at Octagon Theatre, Bolton Directed by Ben Occhipinti Reviewed by Johanna Hassouna-Smith, March 2018 Ayub Khan Din's play, East is East, is a comedy about an Anglo-Pakistani family...
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Fat Friends - Opera House
Fat Friends at Opera House, Manchester Reviewed by Matthew Dougall March 2018 This is writer / director Kay Mellor's foray into Musical Theatre after her hit comedy TV series of the same name. The...
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Miss Saigon – Palace Theatre
Miss Saigon at Palace Theatre Producer – Sir Cameron Mackintosh Composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyricist Alain Boublil Reviewed by Katie Leicester March 2018 Miss Saigon is my absolute favourite...
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Holy Doom by Demob Happy
Holy Doom by Demob Happy Reviewed by Andrew Marsden March 2018 Brighton based (but Newcastle formed) band Demob Happy’s second album, Holy Doom, is their first album as a three-piece, following the...
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Education Education Education - Lowry
Education Education Education at Lowry Theatre Reviewed by Jane Turner March 2018 Tony Blair is remembered for many things and blamed for everything from Iraq to the destruction of Old Labour....
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