‘Theatre’ Archives
Theatre Review: As You Like It at the Manchester Royal Exchange
29th June – 6th August 2011 As You Like It, William Shakespeare’s comedy of disguise, love games and forest frolics is innovatively staged and skilfully performed at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre. The problem with interpreting plays that have been produced on [Read More]
We Review: Daniel Kitson – The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
Daniel Kitson's shaggy story-telling one man stand comes to Manchester. It's like a long, warm hug from someone much cleverer than you. A 90 minute one man show, spun out of the humble roots of 2002 Perrier Award winner Daniel Kitson's abortive attempt to buy a house in [Read More]
An Evening with Mr Nice @ Black Dog Ballroom
Pot luck - we guest review Howard Marks' touring stage show for Large Manchester We don't normally do this, in fact we never do, but we're doing it now. We have spilled our review guts all down the shirt-front of our lovely friend Large Manchester. We went to see Howard [Read More]
The Nutcracker presented by Northern Ballet, Palace Theatre (23rd – 27th November 2010)
The Nutcracker is a much-loved Christmas ballet, delighting audiences year after year with the magic and imagination of its familiar but consistently charming tale. At the end of last year, Manchester’s Palace Theatre was lucky enough to enjoy a brief but glittering run [Read More]
Theatre Review: The Bacchae at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Bacchae, which opened on November 10th and runs until December 4th 2010, is a dark and haunting reimagining of Euripides’ Greek tragedy cooked up by director Braham Murray, choreographer Mark Bruce and writer Mike Poulton. In brief, The Bacchae revolves around central [Read More]
