There is something rather unsettling about watching East Is East in 2026. Ayub Khan-Din's celebrated play, first staged in 1996…
There is a particular excitement that accompanies a genuine theatrical event: not simply another adaptation of a familiar property, but…
There is a temptation with The Cherry Orchard to treat it as a museum piece: a wistful farewell to a…
Nostalgia has become a lucrative commodity. From Take That to Steps, the reunion tour has evolved into a reliable cultural…
Like My Fair Lady wrapped in the fairy-tale romance of Cinderella, with occasional glimpses of the epic sweep and moral…
The words “This Machine Kills Fascists” emblazoned across Woody Guthrie’s guitar have become one of the defining images of American…
In the same month that Something Rotten! delights audiences with its joyous Shakespearean irreverence at the Opera House, Manchester welcomes…
Nearly 50 years after its premiere, Steven Berkoff’s East still has the power to provoke. What was once notorious for…
The highly successful Altrincham Garrick Studio season of productions centred around a Manchester theme concludes this week with a timely…
Anniversaries are the central plank of this season at the Royal Exchange in Manchester, with both the celebration of 50…