 | Pub - Week Two (Manchester)
20 November 2009
Earlier this year the Royal Exchange transformed its main house into a bingo hall. Now they have turned their studio theatre into a pub with James Quinn playing the affable landlord. The concept seems....
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 | One Night of Queen (Tour - Liverpool)
18 November 2009
Gary Mullen as Freddie Mercury won ITV’s Stars in Their Eyes with a massive 864,838 votes in 2002. And his show, One Night of Queen, touring for the past nine years, to ecstatic audiences, shows....
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| Pub - Week One (Manchester)
17 November 2009
The 82 bus from Oldham to Manchester traverses one of the longest pub crawls in the country. Rather, it used to. The journey is now punctuated by boarded up boozers - victims of the credit crunch and ....
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 | Pam Ann (Tour - Salford)
16 November 2009
Although I had heard of Pam Ann, I had never heard any of her material, so I went to the Lowry Theatre for her Manchester leg of her ‘UK Layover tour’ with an open mind, it was within minu....
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 | Contradictions (Manchester)
15 November 2009
Ali Gadema is the writer and performer of this one person fifty minute exploration of disaffected youth and hip hop culture. It is the story of three young friends: Ali, Dex and Rob. We see how their ....
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 | The Adventures of Mr. Broucek (Tour - Salford)
13 November 2009
Matej Broucek is a popular figure in Czech literature. It is surprising that the everyman character seems to represent the worse features of humanity. Broucek (the name translates as ‘ Beetle....
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 | Jiggery Pokery (Liverpool & tour)
12 November 2009
Taking on the role of one this country’s most treasured figures is a daunting task for any actor or actress, never mind several. But this is exactly what actress Amanda Lawrence is faced with in....
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 | Werther (Tour - Salford)
12 November 2009
Aside from Manon, Werther is Jules Massenet’s most celebrated operatic work and is treated respectfully by most opera houses. However, it has never enjoyed the same level of popularity as ....
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 | Cosi Fan Tutte (Tour - Salford)
11 November 2009
Opera North have returned to the Northwest, this time bringing Mozart’s tale of guile and deception, Cosi Fan Tutte.This is the story of two men who are persuaded to make a wager with a philosop....
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 | The Entertainer (Manchester)
11 November 2009
It’s the critic’s job to separate the work from the man - not easy in the case of John Osborne. A spiteful misanthrope, Osborne had numerous affairs over the course of his life, and mistre....
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