140 stories by "Roger Foss"
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool: "I came here with a hamper full of praise sandwiches" an oily government minister tells a group of primary school teachers placed on special measure…
Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: Viewed from any angle, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse associate director Charlotte Gwinner's utterly compelling new production adds an emotionally raw pe…
Octagon Theatre, Bolton: Is the NHS so unwell it's about to keel over and die? Is healthcare really safe in the hands of politicians bent on turning a national treasure into a private g…
Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool: Marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, this terrific revival of Simon Reade's stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's children&#…
Palace Theatre, Manchester: The Beatles may have given up touring in 1966 to become a studio band, but this tribute concert proves that John, Paul, George and Ringo's back catalogue sti…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: Denise van Outen's new one-woman play with music is a kind of theatrical selfie. Co-written with Terry Ronald, Van Outen plays a high-flying lingerie qu…
Coliseum Theatre, Oldham: As relationship complications pile up and comfy mattresses inevitably turn into lumpy battlegrounds, the constant bedroom hopping in Alan Ayckbourn's 1975 come…
Octagon Theatre, Bolton: Ever since its London premiere in 1916, Harold Brighouse's comedy, set in a boot shop, has rightly earned a reputation as a mini-masterpiece. And although David…
Empire Theatre, Liverpool: "I am youth, I am joy," crows Peter Pan midway through his awfully big adventure.
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Epstein, Liverpool: A confusing plot, half-baked characters, flaky acting, crummy comedy, missed entrances, mediocre costumes, feeble scenery, dismal lighting, technical cock-ups - it's…
Opera House, Manchester: Britain's Got Talent winners Ashleigh and Pudsey were last year's hot ticket at Woking. This year the mistress and dog duo send the box office temperature …
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield: Evolution's seventh co-production with Sheffield Theatres is big in every sense. Director Paul Hendy uses the Lyceum stage to its fullest depth, with Helga Wo…
Theatre Royal, St Helens: American professional ballroom dancer Brian Fortuna joins a cast of Theatre Royal regulars for this transformed panto version of JM Barrie's classic tale. As t…
Playhouse, Liverpool: A rock 'n' roll tradition that began at the Playhouse's soon-to-reopen sister theatre, the Everyman, continues with a riotously funny re-invention of the…
The Lowry, Salford: The Library Theatre Company's last Christmas show at the Lowry before they move to their new Manchester city centre home in 2014 is certainly not wanting in the stor…
Royal Court, Liverpool: It is a relief to know that the end of the world is not nigh now that Fazakerley has entered the space race.
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Coliseum Theatre, Oldham: The <a href="http://www.coliseum.org.uk/plays/jack-and-the-beanstalk/"> Coliseum's pantomime tradition</a> goes back to the days of weekl…
Playhouse Studio, Liverpool: Set in a struggling Fleetwood scrapyard, Daniel Matthew's debut play about people trapped on the margins of a decaying coastal community certainly reveals a…
Crucible Theatre, Sheffield: Shakespeare's tale of sexual jealousy and loving reconciliation can require a leap faith from audiences buying into its fable-like mix of royal intrigue, ps…
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: James Brining's reassessment of Sondheim's masterpiece retains elements of his award-winning 2010 Dundee Rep production, most notably David Birrell…
Royal Court, Liverpool: During a lifetime co-joined in comedy, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made generations of people roar with laughter - and the laughs keep on coming in Ken Alexander…
Playhouse, Liverpool : Given it's an edgy cross-pollination of beatboxing, hip-hop culture, teen lingo and street art with classical music, puppetry and a conventional drama about three…
Palace Theatre, Manchester: If any current musical leads a charmed life it must surely be Wicked. Ever since its Broadway premiere in 2003 the multi award-winning show inspired by L Frank Ba…
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool : Any revival of Neil Simon's salute to America's vaudeville era comedy giants faces two challenges. Firstly, how to convey convincingly the love/loathe …
Royal Court Liverpool : Ever since they first appeared on stage at the 1977 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, John Godber's four doormen of the apocalyptic nightclub scene have been constantly…
