Monday, 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…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, September 28, 2017
This is not just a musical for Take That groupies; it’s a musical for anybody who grew up with a boyband. The Band celebrates the music of Take That and so much more besides. It's littered…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSunday, September 3, 2017
The story centres around a grown-up Wednesday’s newfound romance, with the Addamses preparing to welcome the family of her new boyfriend for dinner. However, there is a secret looming that…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, August 31, 2017
Using a vibrant and intoxicating fusion of hip-hop, street dance, circus and storytelling, Metta’s Jungle Book is suitable for all ages 8 and up.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, August 10, 2017
The Wizard of Oz gains a fresh reinterpretation with Regal Entertainment Ltd’s production of the classic musical, whilst retaining many of the theatrical characteristics that have made it …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMMonday, August 7, 2017
Derren's Brown's Underground brings together a collection of his previous and favourite stage work. However, do not let this put you off, for I would strongly predict that there is something…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSaturday, July 29, 2017
The adaption is set in a private school camping trip which I must admit, I did not realise until I read it in the programme. I feel the production was supposed to be contextualised within a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, July 27, 2017
Craig Revel Horwood’s adaptation of Sister Act remains faithful to the previous Broadway and West End productions of the show. The musical, taken away from the varying locations of Las Veg…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, July 22, 2017
With enormous shoes to fill for the cast, Johnny (Lewis Griffiths) and Baby (Katie Eccles) especially, the show won over the audience. Whilst honouring the story many know so well, ambitious…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFriday, July 14, 2017
Fatherland has been described as a verbatim piece, though it is unclear how much the stories have been edited to fit the trio’s own agenda.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThursday, July 13, 2017
Returning to Reims marks a new chapter for director Thomas Ostermeier. Differing from his previous interpretations including A Dolls House (2003) and Hamlet (2007), Returning to Reims is the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, July 7, 2017
Only this morning has a precautionary evacuation taken place at Manchester Airport. Triggered by a ‘potential issue with a bag’ in terminal three, the bomb disposal team were called on r…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, July 6, 2017
Taha follows the inspiring story of Palestinian poet Taha Muhammed Ali (Amer Hlehel) – a story of humanity and hardship, hope and devastation, opportunity and misfortune, discovery and cha…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, July 3, 2017
If the world was close to its end -how would you spend your final hours? Storm clouds are gathering as the world teeters on the edge. It’s time to look at all the good things in life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMMonday, June 19, 2017
It is rare that we experience dementia from the perspective of the person who is struggling with it, rather we experience it from the viewpoint of family members and carers. This idea is obv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, May 20, 2017
JB Shorts 2017 is a diverse collection of six short plays – each lasting fifteen minutes – written by established TV writers. Started in 2009, it is a bi-annual event that aims to showca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMSaturday, May 6, 2017
“Don’t even think in your own language. English, all the time!” says Margaret Lovatt, a volunteer researcher in a NASA-funded project to teach Peter, a dolphin how to mimic and underst…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThursday, May 4, 2017
“If music be the food of love, play on” and certainly the production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at Manchester’s Royal Exchange is full of music, mirth and mischief, particularly …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, May 1, 2017
How My Light is Spent is a charming and beautiful play about love, loneliness and belonging. Written by Alan Harris, it follows the intertwining lives of Newport Nuts employee Jimmy and phon…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFriday, April 21, 2017
In the wake of the political chaos of Brexit and the overhanging general election, My Country; a work in progress offered an insightful look at the divided opinions of our society. Unfortuna…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, April 17, 2017
2017 marks the 170th anniversary of the publication of Charlotte Brontë’s most famous piece, a tale of passion, justice and madness set against the backdrop of Yorkshire’s haunting moor…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThursday, April 6, 2017
Storm Vera is battering the UK and people are being evacuated from their riverside homes following the imminent threat of severe flooding. With the promise that emergency services are on the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSaturday, April 1, 2017
Based on the 1991 film and Roddy Doyle book of the same name, The Commitments is an outstanding must-see musical like no other. For those unfamiliar with the much-loved story, the plot follo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThursday, March 23, 2017
Based on Susan Hill’s novel of the same name, The Woman in Black is a chilling horror story that was adapted for the stage over 27 years ago. And yet, the late Stephen Mallatratt’s adapt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMMonday, March 20, 2017
Written around 463BC, The Suppliant Women tells the story of fifty young women who have fled their homeland, in a bid to escape forced marriage, in order to seek asylum in Greece.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMSunday, March 19, 2017
Stu (Scott Hunter) is a 19-year-old who is drafted into the army and immediately becomes the outsider. Stu is soon whisked away from the front line when he has a chance encounter with a phot…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWednesday, March 8, 2017
Andrew Lawrence’s The Hate Speech Tour mocks the obsession with political correctness, whilst dealing with the difficulties of fatherhood, as well as everyday life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSaturday, March 4, 2017
Conjuring up all of the charm, magic and celebration of the fairytale, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella is an absolute delight. With David Bintley at the helm, the enchanting story of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMWednesday, February 15, 2017
Federico Garcia Lorca’s formidable text, in a wonderfully uncompromising translation by Jo Clifford which is set within the distinctive confines of Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSaturday, February 11, 2017
In this verbatim performance, the actors each had an MP3 player which they would synchronise with one another, and then repeat the interview, word for word, that was playing in their ear, wh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, February 7, 2017
In Narvik, Lizzie Nunnery has written a beautifully harrowing production, produced by Manchester-based theatre company Box of Tricks.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM 
