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Review: Waiting for Godot

February 6, 2008


Venue: Library Theatre
Date Reviewed: 6th February 2008

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Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot is held up as a masterpiece for all other productions to follow. You can try to read the play on many levels; but watching this Library piece you really get the sense of time, hence the term, waiting. Many though will continue to find so much more within the body of the play.

The problem is that this endless ‘chin stroking’ and debating does lend weight to another argument put forward by the many detractors who will claim that they are right by denouncing the play as one big pretentious bore-fest. Read more

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Review: Strictly Come Dancing Live

February 4, 2008


Venue: Manchester Evening News Arena
Date Reviewed: 4th February 2008

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Watching celebrities bruise their egos and their bodies every week has become a runaway success story for the BBC. So, here comes the live version of Strictly Come Dancing; currently filling arenas all over the country.

In terms of value for money, there is a great deal for fans of the TV show to enjoy rather than endure. Featuring some of the best dancers from past and present series means that the audience get plenty of wow factor.

My personal favourite, humble actress Letitia Dean (pictured) gets to strut her stuff alongside Olympic athlete, Denise Lewis and the statuesque Zoe Ball. Teen idol Matt D’Angelo is also here, pleasing the younger demographic. So far, so good but in order to recreate the battling banter from the judges, non dancer Chris Parker is deliberately awful in order to suffer put downs from Arlene Philips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood. Read more

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Queer Up North Saved

February 1, 2008

The Arts Council have made a U-turn as they have decided to continue funding queerupnorth for the 2008/9 year. Funding beyond this period will be decided by the Arts Council following a review of QUN’s work over the next few months - including the May 2008 festival.

This year’s programme includes Tough Time, Nice Time, by radical theatre troupe Ridiculusmus and The Fairy Godfather of Hollywood, avant-garde performer Bette Bourne’s show about the life and times of Hollywood screen icon Rock Hudson.

Jonathan Best, Artistic Director of Queer Up North is delighted at the news and said: “We’re very pleased that the Arts Council has taken on board the points in our appeal and we look forward to a constructive working relationship in the future. There’s lots of good news today, and we are particularly pleased for the four organisations in the North West region that have had a funding uplift.” Read more

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Win Tix to see Rafta Rafta @ The Lowry

February 1, 2008

This competition is now closed. The answer is Meera Syal.

Congratulations to Debra Macdonald!

Rafta Rafta is a brilliantly funny play in the vein of East Of East. It comes to the Lowry following a hugely successful run at the National Theatre. It runs from Tuesday 19th February until Saturday 23rd February.

We have a pair tickets up for grabs win a pair of tickets for opening night on Tuesday 19th February @ 7.30pm.

The Offer:
This hit show comes to the Lowry for one week only and we have a pair of tickets up for grabs!

All you have to do to win is answer the question below:

The Pitch:
The wedding feast is over and his father’s dancing the bhangra, but the groom himself is busy on the net. When it’s time for bed, he’s so woefully inhibited by the proximity of his parents, let alone his brother’s childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that. Six weeks later, the whole family start to panic. This warm-hearted, comic tale of close-knit Indian family life in England (by the author of East is East, Ayub Khan-Din) Read more

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