All set to Mozart’s powerful and beautiful score, Opera North’s Don Giovanni is a really entertaining night out for seasoned opera lovers or those, like me, who are new to the genre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMCircle Mirror Transformation at HOME, Manchester, is, despite its flaws, a pleasant night at the theatre made all the more enjoyable by this wonderful, sensitive production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMBirmingham Royal Ballet should be proud of the show they have created in Sleeping Beauty. They have proven that while we may have changed a lot since 1890, what was beautiful then, is still …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMA play which goes into the details of the economics behind the 2008 banking crisis might sound like a pretty dull way to spend an evening, so credit to Proto-Type Theatre for not shying away…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIf you’re tired of conventional plot and character, On the Outskirts of a Large Event will be a welcome change.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMAll in all, The Newspaper Boy is a gripping story, well written and featuring a host of brilliant performances.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe RSC’s touring production of Hamlet not only boasts engaging performances but situates them in a dynamic theatrical setting –enabling the entire cast and crew to assert this show as a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMNina – A Story About Me and Nina Simone, performed by Josette Bushell-Mingo, is not a tribute concert or a jukebox musical based on Simone’s songs, it is a powerful and totally contempor…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMInspired by a real-life Sheffield-based black men’s walking group, Black Men Walking is an influential and compelling brand new play written by Leeds-based rapper and theatre-maker Testame…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFrom Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a one-man show which tells the story of Martin, an 18-year-old a person with a mental health problem who is obsessed with David Bowie.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWe’ve had premieres, modern adaptations and watched some shows receive West End transfers – the Manchester stages have been truly brilliant this year. Here is Upstaged Manchester’s rou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFrom the moment the women of Hot Brown Honey take to the stage, they immediately command your attention and awe. This award-winning show is an explosion of female rage against the systems th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMSet against the surrounding political unrest in Argentina in the 1940s-50s, many topics, such as sexism, objectification of women, social division and corruption are touched upon, and no dou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFrom the initial curtain rise, the Manchester Opera House’s production of Dick Whittington had all the makings of a classic pantomime.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThis Guys and Dolls is the perfect feel-good Christmas production. Playing out in-the-round on the Royal Exchange’s iconic stage, you’ll be left with a spring in your step and a smile on…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAs with much of Forced Entertainment’s work, Real Magic at HOME revolves around a set of established (but unspoken) rules. Here, these rules take the form of a game show that seems to be t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMThis is a high quality, no-expense-spared production with a strong central performance, some wonderful comic moments and some superb tap-dancing sequences from the company.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThe team at Oldham Coliseum always deliver a Christmas cracker with their traditional, raucous and cheeky pantomime fun and this year is no exception. The talented team of familiar faces are…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMKate O’Donnell quite literally bares all in her new show, You’ve Changed, a hilarious and honest account of her transition in 2003. Using the backdrop of the 1930s to add a unique twist,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMTaking inspiration from the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, HOME Manchester present Andrew Upton’s beautifully touching translation of Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMEric Idle has captured the essence of Monty Python in this superbly constructed musical version, demonstrating the most natural understanding of what really does make people laugh.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMJubilee is a riot. From the slogans spray-painted on to plywood surrounding the Royal Exchange’s in-the-round space to the chaotic way the cast commandeer the stage, it is obvious from the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe desperation of the characters is palpable largely to a perfect set designed by Jan Versweyweld; a blank cold white box with the characters observed like rats trapped in a box.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMCaroline Leslie’s direction allows for scenes to seamlessly alternate between that of military attack to a music-hall comedy sketch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSpoken word, science and strip clubs combine to create Chanje Kunda’s one-woman cabaret show exploring the laws of attraction and the meaning of life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe musical, based on the 1950 Billy Wilder film, with music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, depicts the close-knit working relationship that both characters form, and the dire consequences…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFollowing in the footsteps of likeable household-name ‘Josephs’ spanning four decades, Joe McElderry (of X-Factor) has stepped into Joseph’s Dreamcoat and seemed to be thoroughly enjoy…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMJude Kelly, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre, London, brings her creation inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, to Manchester, offering our young people a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe opening words of Chekhov’s play, The Three Sisters are projected at the back of the stage before we are introduced to a man in a mouse suit who calmly describes our journey to the thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe first of the two performances, Song of The Earth, is more of a contemporary production than its counterpart of the night. It offers a more primal show, one that is stripped down to its b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSon of a Preacher Man is jukebox musical featuring the hits of 60’s songstress Dusty Springfield – written by Warren Brown and choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Ho…
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