Set in 2000 and 2008, both ends of the Bush Presidency, Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Sweat depicts life…
In 1958, a 19-year-old Salford girl called Shelagh Delaney went to watch 'Variation on a Theme' by Terence Rattigan at…
Back in 2019, in those halcyon pre pandemic days, Phoebe Eclair-Powell won the biannual Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting and with…
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 2 is undoubtedly one of the most famous pieces of music in cinematic history, the dark…
In over 40 years of watching and reviewing theatre, I've seen a lot of Shakespeare, some very good, some indifferent…
With three competing press nights in Manchester theatreland this evening, I chose the opportunity to visit the venerable old Royal…
There is an extremely fine line between success and failure when producing a farce. When done badly, it can quickly…
Director Roy Alexander Weise brings his bold and original vision of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning play to the…
A romantic comedy concerned with meeting and falling in love in a modern city, may conjure up images of Renee…
As we left the Royal Exchange this evening following the World Premiere of 'BETTY! - A sort of Musical', I…