Tuesday, March 13, 2018
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 10:00AMMonday, March 12, 2018
Circle 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 12:00PMThursday, March 8, 2018
Birmingham 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 11:00AMSaturday, March 3, 2018
A 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 09:00AMSaturday, February 24, 2018
If you’re tired of conventional plot and character, On the Outskirts of a Large Event will be a welcome change.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMFriday, February 23, 2018
All in all, The Newspaper Boy is a gripping story, well written and featuring a host of brilliant performances.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, February 3, 2018
The 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 09:00AMThursday, February 1, 2018
Nina – 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 01:00PMThursday, January 25, 2018
Inspired 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 07:00AMTuesday, January 23, 2018
From 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 01:00PMTuesday, December 26, 2017
We’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 11:00AMTuesday, December 19, 2017
From 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 02:00PMMonday, December 18, 2017
Set 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 05:00AMSunday, December 17, 2017
From 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 08:00AMMonday, December 11, 2017
This 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 08:00AMTuesday, December 5, 2017
As 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 04:00AMFriday, December 1, 2017
This 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 11:00AMSunday, November 19, 2017
The 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 08:00AMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Kate 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 02:00PMSunday, November 12, 2017
Taking 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 05:00AMSaturday, November 11, 2017
Eric 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 10:00AMFriday, November 10, 2017
Jubilee 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 12:00PMSunday, November 5, 2017
The 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 06:00AMSaturday, November 4, 2017
Caroline Leslie’s direction allows for scenes to seamlessly alternate between that of military attack to a music-hall comedy sketch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Spoken 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 06:00AMThursday, October 26, 2017
The 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 01:00PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
Following 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 04:00AMSaturday, October 21, 2017
Jude 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 07:00AMSaturday, October 14, 2017
The 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 10:00AMMonday, October 2, 2017
Son 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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