Shows
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ShowsThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
If art, by its very nature, is political, then Mark Thomson’s revival of Bertolt Brecht’s 1944 parable for the ages, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
ShowsThe Fair Intellectual Club
The Fair Intellectual Club, directed for Stellar Quines by Marilyn Imrie, is a force of strong females, both in and out of the production. The first play pen... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Previews
Rebecca @ The Lowry, Salford
If you were fortunate enough to catch Dead Dog in a Suitcase last year, you will be familiar with the work of Cornish storytellers Kneehigh. Missed out? It i... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
TheatreReturning to Behaviour: Peter McMaster and Extremes
Ahead of BEHAVIOUR's sixth year, Peter McMaster talks about the support The Arches has always given him, pushing his work to extremes, and his show 27. Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
TheatreInfrastructures of Care: Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos
Artists Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos talk to The Skinny about the infrastructures of care in advance of Arika's Episode 7: We Can't Live Without Our Lives Read more »| 02 Apr 2015 -
Art
Cornerhouse reveals details of The Storming finale
The full details of The Storming, the final event to take place at Manchester’s Cornerhouse arts venue, have been confirmed ahead of the iconic buildin... Read more »| 17 Mar 2015
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Reviews
Autumn 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 -
Shows
And Then He Ate Me @ Traverse
Strange, fantastical and dark, And Then He Ate Me is a fairytale for the stage that bites back. Created by the award-winning French company Velo Theatre, thi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
Reviews
Dance 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 -
Previews
Anna Karenina @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Royal Exchange kicks off its 2015 season with a brand new adaptation of Anna Karenina. After rave reviews and record sales for Maxine Peake's Hamlet... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
Previews
Jumping Puddles @ Liverpool Everyman
Anybody working in the arts will testify that 'collaboration' is a buzzword at the moment – not only because of the shared financial risk, but also due... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
ReviewsTrouble 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 -
Reviews
Educating 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 -
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Cartoonopolis @ 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 -
Previews
Fiction @ Unity Theatre, Liverpool
If you are looking for a taste of experimental theatre then it is worth keeping an eye on the programme of Liverpool’s Unity Theatre. With plays never ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015