Archive for March 2009

Review - Gates Of Gold

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Date Reviewed: 25th March, 2009
Venue: The Library Theatre

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Performed in an uninterrupted 90 minutes, Frank McGuinness’s play, Gates of Gold, grabs your attention with its opening lines and takes you on a wonderfully tragi-comic journey with a relentless ease. (more…)


Five Reasons To See…Pomp and Sylvia

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Ballet fans can rejoice as The Lowry leave you spoilt for choice, with Pomp and Circumstances (a triple bill consisting of three short ballets Serenade/Enigma Variations/‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café) and Sylvia – two Birmingham Royal Ballet programmes running from 31 March – 4 April. (more…)


Review - Brief Encounter

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Date Reviewed: 25th March, 2009
Venue: The Lowry

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Following a successful West End run, Kneehigh Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of Brief Encounter has arrived in Salford. Emma Rice’s adaptation presents this classic and popular love story from 1945 via a hybrid of dialogue, song and black and while film clips. (more…)


Review - HMS Pinafore

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Date Reviewed: 24th March, 2009
Venue: The Lowry

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The latest production from Opera Della Luna is HMS Pinafore. Although excellent in parts the various elements do not always combine to give a satisfying whole. Director Jeff Clark is respectful of the source material but does not hesitate to make cuts to the text nor to mock the comic opera itself. (more…)


Review - Riverdance

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Date Reviewed: 24th March, 2009
Venue: Opera House

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As the hauntingly beautiful music played on a low whistle echoes across an almost empty stage, and the deep voice of John Kavanagh flows across the audience, the scene is set for what turns out to be a foot-stompingly good evening’s entertainment. (more…)