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ReviewsAutumn Portaits
Autumn Portraits begins as one might expect, with puppeteer Eric Bass donning a mask and silently bending the will and the actions of one of his many, many p... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
ReviewsDance of The Magnetic Ballerina @ Traverse
From an achromatic gloom, the figure of Andrea Miltnerova materialises, on a contained platform adrift in the middle of the enormous Traverse One stage. Evok... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Trouble in Tahiti @ RNCM Studio Theatre
More than 50 years on, Berstein’s Broadway-inspired, one-act opera is still refreshingly direct. In this production at the Royal Northern College of Mu... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
ReviewsEducating Rita @ Liverpool Playhouse
To take an iconic, Liverpool-based play – 35 years on from its original staging – and produce it in its home city, while making it as fresh, invi... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
ReviewsCartoonopolis @ Liverpool Playhouse Studio
‘Welcome to Cartoonopolis,’ the front of Lewis Bray’s Cartoonopolis programme proclaims, ‘a story of two brothers, one family, goodie... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
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When The Rain Stops Falling @ Tron Theatre
When The Rain Stops Falling travels in time and place seamlessly, using simple umbrella sign-posts to take us between London and Australia, from the late 195... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015
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The Second Coming @ Tramway
There’s something of the magic of the fairground as the Tramway is transformed into a circus venue for aerial dance company Fidget Feet and Hawk’... Read more »| 10 Feb 2015 -
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The Mist in the Mirror @ Oldham Coliseum
The Mist in the Mirror marks the third collaboration between Oldham Coliseum and multi-platform company Imitating the Dog, and it’s clear they’ve... Read more »| 06 Feb 2015 -
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Edward Scissorhands @ Liverpool Empire
Opening with Danny Elfman's score from the original film, Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands enchants its audience before the curtain is lifted.... Read more »| 03 Feb 2015 -
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Faith Healer @ The Lyceum
'The truth' in Faith Healer, the programme notes suggest, 'lies somewhere in the gaps of what is left unspoken.' Directed as cleverly as it is written, each ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2015 -
ReviewsMacbeth @ Citizens Theatre
Macbeth ponders his bloody deed with a bag of Wotsits in hand, while Lady Macbeth prepares party bags for the feast while musicians await the party behind th... Read more »| 27 Jan 2015 -
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A Christmas Carol @ Citizens Theatre
It wouldn’t be Christmas without A Christmas Carol. Adapted for The Citizens by Neil Bartlett, Dominic Hill directs, creating a unique production... Read more »| 15 Dec 2014 -
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Committed @ The Lantern
Tackling the controversial topic of the IRA in 1993 is no mean feat. Just ask writer Stephen Smith, whose new play, Committed, was considered too radical for... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
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The Bartered Bride @ The Lowry
Seventies flares and lovable bears: Opera North’s comic-turned-communist production of The Bartered Bride is well worth Czech-ing it out, esp... Read more »| 10 Dec 2014 -
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Little Shop of Horrors @ Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre
If you’ve grown weary of the traditional festive cheer and merriment that so characterises panto season and prefer your Christmas with a little more bi... Read more »| 04 Dec 2014