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Once Upon A Time by Halle Youth Ensembles
Once Upon a Time by Halle Youth Ensembles Reviewed by Matthew Dougall March 2016 I journeyed yesterday afternoon to the rather functional and un-predisposing building called The Bridgewater Hall in...
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Footloose at Palace Theatre
Footloose at Palace Theatre Reviewed by Matthew Dougall March 2016 Manchester Palace Theatre plays host this week to the stage version of the well-known and loved film Footloose, from the mid 1980s...
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Our Gracie by Philip Goulding
Our Gracie at Oldham Coliseum by Philip Goulding, Directed by Kevin Shaw Reviewed by John Waterhouse March 2016 I went to Oldham Coliseum Theatre knowing nothing about Gracie Fields except that she...
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The Pearl Button
The Pearl Button shown at HOME Reviewed by John Hutchinson March 2016 What does the country Chile conjure up for you in the mind? I am not referring here to its political associations directly...
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Zero by Robin J Lyons
Zero by Just Talk at The Eagle Inn, Salford Reviewed by Stephen Bowler March 2016 The Islamist zombies had been at it again (in Brussels) and I was off - at the end of the same day - to see a play...
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Something Wonderful
Something Wonderful at Hope Mill Theatre Reviewed by Matthew Dougall March 2016 Something Wonderful, subtitled 'A Celebration of Rodgers And Hammerstein', this was a musical concert revue of some of...
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Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring.
Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring. A Quarantine, HOME and Contact co-production, supported by SICK! Festival, at Old Granada Studios, Manchester Reviewed by Stephen Bowler March 2016 Summer. Autumn....
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The Beanfield
The Beanfield at HOME Presented by Breach Theatre Reviewed by Stephen Bowler March 2016 Six young people plan to re-enact the Battle of the Beanfield, when hundreds of new age travellers were...
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Smoke and Mirrors
Smoke and Mirrors at HOME Presented by The Ricochet Project Reviewed by Stephen Bowler April 2016 The blurb for this event says ‘circus’ and ‘acrobatics’, and that’s what you get – a physical show...
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Halle Thursday - Elgar, Casken, Ravel & Williams
Thursday Series - Elgar, Casken, Ravel & Williams The Halle at The Bridgewater Hall Reviewed by Matthew Dougall April 2016 Prior to the evening's main concert, one of the soloists, the tenor,...
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Breakfast at Tiffany's at The Lowry
Breakfast at Tiffany's at The Lowry Theatre Reviewed by Matthew Dougall April 2016 A truly disappointing, muddled and uninspiring adaptation of a classic. Stylistically confusing and not totally...
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Fourplay by Paul Thompson and Phil Pearson
Fourplay at Three Minute Theatre by Paul Thompson and Phil Pearson Reviewed by Stephen Bowler April 2016 Four short stories about love, disaster, life and redemption from two Manchester playwrights...
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Kiss Me Quickstep
Kiss Me Quickstep at Oldham Coliseum Jointly produced with New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme Reviewed by John Waterhouse and Charlie Britten April 2016 As with so many plays, ‘Kiss Me Quickstep’...
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The Birthday Party at Oldham Coliseum
The Birthday Party at Oldham Coliseum Produced by London Classic Theatre Reviewed by Matthew Dougall May 2016 If there is one thing that is certain about a Pinter play, then that is uncertainty....
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Sean Lock: Keep It Light
Sean Lock: Keep It Light at The Lowry Theatre, Salford Reviewed by Matthew Dougall May 2016 Nearing the end of his four month tour, 53 year old comedian Sean Lock (8 Out Of 10 Cats / QI etc), played...
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Twelfth Night at Home
Twelfth Night at Home Reviewed by Stephen Bowler May 2016 ‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Is there a better-known opening than this? Surely not. We all know the line but want nothing more...
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Pygmalion at Oldham Coliseum
Pygmalion at Oldham Coliseum by George Bernard Shaw Reviewed by John Waterhouse and Charles Britten May 2016 There is a crafty genius about the works of George Bernard Shaw, but it takes acting of a...
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Dvorák Saint Ludmila at The Bridgewater Hall
Dvorák Saint Ludmila The Halle Orchestra and Choir at The Bridgewater Hall Reviewed by Matthew Dougall May 2016 Saint Ludmila is an oratorio by Antonin Dvorak and was the final concert in The...
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32 rue Vandenbranden at Home
32 rue Vandenbranden at Home by Peeping Tom Productions Reviewed by Matthew Dougall May 2016 Peeping Tom Productions have done it again. Despite the rather off-putting and foreign title to this...
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King Lear at Opera House
King Lear at Opera House Reviewed by Stephen Bowler May 2016 A point of view is a ten minute slot on Sunday mornings on BBC Radio 4. A sort of secular homily, it is usually fresh and intelligent....
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