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ReviewsTomorrow's Parties @ Contact, Manchester
The future always looms ahead of us and is always uncertain. Predicting and analysing the future has been a preoccupation for, amongst others, writers, polit... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsCasual Violence's The House of Nostril @ The Lowry, Salford
Casual Violence storm onto The Lowry stage with a bizarre and delightful Halloween spectacular Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
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The Lion King @ The Edinburgh Playhouse
Being brave doesn't mean you go looking for trouble. Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsPlay Pie and a Pint: Doras Dùinte (Closed Door) @ Òran Mór
The ever changing power balance between the leads makes for interesting viewing in Catrìona Lexy Chaimbeul’s new play Doras Dùinte, ... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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Play Pie and a Pint: Grave Undertaking @ Òran Mór
Fire and pyre make a good rhyming pair but Paddy Cunneen’s Grave Undertaking also includes a singing corpse who rhymes pride with formaldehyd... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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Play Pie and a Pint: Saint One @ Oran Mor
It’s an unbeatable premise. One of Scotland’s favourite actresses takes on the Big Yin himself. Oh and it’s set in a ... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013
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The Gates @ Classic Grand
Described – quite rightly – as a mixture of West Side Story and Cabaret, The Gates is Rachel Jury’s musical based on the controversial bar ... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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Cured @ The Arches
Stef Smith’s latest play tackles the idea of conversion therapy. While very prominent in the US at one point in time, the 'ex-gay' movement has never s... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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Play, Pie and a Pint: The Deficit Show @ Oran Mor
If OTT were running for parliament, they would win my vote. Perfectly pitched in tone and note, their new production The Deficit Show is both enter... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
ReviewsTrue West @ Citizens Theatre
Domestic in content it may be but Sam Shepard’s emotionally charged tale about an American family is the stuff of epics. A modern Greek trag... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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The Tailor of Inverness @ Tron
The Tailor of Inverness is the true story of writer and performer Matthew Zajac's father – firstly, with Matthew playing his father telling his own tal... Read more »| 12 Nov 2013 -
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The Jazz Club Murder @ Oran Mor
The sweet sound of the trumpet fills the air as a good old fashioned 'whodunnit' takes to the Òran Mór stage in James Runcie’s The J... Read more »| 01 Nov 2013 -
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Forced Entertainment @ Tramway
Forced Entertainment's two performances in Glasgow probe into completely different themes and remarkably contrasting styles of performance. The Coming... Read more »| 01 Nov 2013 -
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Zhe (Noun) Undefined @ Contact, Manchester
Zhe contains some of the bravest performances this writer has ever seen. Set against a plain black stage with a few arranged, miscellaneous wooden props, Ant... Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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A Clockwork Orange @ The Lowry, Salford
We all know Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange, mainly for its necessary glossary and Malcolm McDowell’s insane glare – but rape, ultra-v... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013