Longridge Palace Cinema: Silver-screen nostalgia at this icon …
The lights dim and as one, with a slight sprinkling of taken-aback laughter, the audience nonetheless rises obediently for a rendition of the national anthem.…
Review: Evita
It takes a certain type of voice to raise the roof and capture the soul of every audience member, even those sitting right…
Review: Cinderella at Bolton Octagon
It’s nearly Christmas so time for fairy tale offerings from theatres across the land – many fairly predictable and some just a little bit different.…
Review: Billy Elliot at Manchester Palace Theatre
13-year-old Lewis Smallman as Billy Elliot New to Manchester and on its first UK tour, the full production of Billy Elliot has arrived at the…
Review: Sunny afternoon at Manchester Opera House
It was only appropriate that I rocked up to Manchester’s Opera House on a classic English sunny afternoon, the city almost horizontal in the longed-for…
Theatre review: Avenue Q at Manchester Palace Theatre
Avenue Q Puppets. Monsters. A sex scene and a character called Lucy the slut. Plus a song called ‘We’re all just a little bit racist.’…
