Category: Royal Exchange

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Review: Sweet Charity, Royal Exchange

“Life will be frozen peaches and cream” I’ve seen a couple of comments questioning whether Sweet Charity…

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Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Royal Exchange

“I don’t want realism, I want magic”   The thing is, if you’re going into a Sarah…

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Review: Into The Woods, Royal Exchange

“Let the moment go, don’t forget it for a moment though” As with Shakespeare, plenty of people…

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20 shows to look forward to in 2016

2016 is nearly upon and for once, I’ve hardly anything booked for the coming year and what…

Posted in Chichester Festival Theatre Curve Theatre Dance Leeds Playhouse Musicals Opera Orange Tree Theatre Royal Exchange Shakespeare Sheffield Theatres Theatre Theatre awards UK UK Theatre Awards Watford Palace

Full list of 2015 UK Theatre Awards winners

Best Performance in a Play Joel MacCormack for EACH HIS OWN WILDERNESS, an Orange Tree Theatre production…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Manchester International Festival Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: The Skriker, Royal Exchange

“No mistake no mister no missed her no mist no miss no” As my dear Aunty Mary…

Posted in Leo Tolstoy Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: Anna Karenina, Royal Exchange

“Love is just a better way to hurt each other” Ellen McDougall’s debut production for the Royal…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015 UK

Review: Little Shop of Horrors, Royal Exchange

“That thing went bang, kaboom. And he’s havin’ some fun now” There are shows I love and…

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11 of my top moments in a theatre in 2014

I’ll be doing a regular top 10 alongside all the other end-of-year totting up of the theatrical…