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Bertrand’s Toys – The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Devised by Dmitri Ariupin and Marcella Soltan Director: Dmitri Ariupin Reviewer- Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The late, great J G Ballard coined the phrase the atrocity...
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Eight – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer: Ella Hickson Director: Katie Lewis Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The latest production from NewUpNorth Theatre Company refutes the suggestion that radio...
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Wednesday – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer: Ian Winterton Director: Trevor Macfarlane Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Theatrical productions can provoke and even shock audiences. This is usually...
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Les Miserables: 25th Anniversary Tour – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Author/Dramatist: Alain Boubil Book/Music: Claude-Michel Schonberg Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer Adaptors: Trevor Nunn & John Caird Director: Laurence Connor & James Powell Reviewer: Poppy Helm The...
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Teechers – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer/Director: John Godber Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars John Godber’s play within a play about the effect of teaching drama in mainstream school is particularly...
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Evita – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Music: Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bob Thomson & Bill Kenwright Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars It is arguably Lloyd-Webber & Tim Rice’s...
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Arcadia – Library Theatre Company at The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer: Tom Stoppard Director: Chris Honer Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars After 58 years in their intimate home underneath Manchester’s Central Library, The...
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Blaze – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Director & Choreographer: Anthony van Laast Choreographers: Tommy Franzen, Kenny Wormald, Lyle Beniga, Mike Song Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Fuelled by the...
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The Habit of Art – The Lowry, Salford
Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘The Habit of Art’ is currently touring the UK after a successful run at The National...
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Spend Spend Spend – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Music: Steve Brown Book/Lyrics : Steve Brown & Justin Greene Director/Choreographer: Craig Revel Horwood Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars We always hear people say...
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Enron – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer: Lucy Prebble Director: Rupert Goold Reviewer: Clare Howdon The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars There surely is not a current play in production that is as timely as Lucy Prebble’s...
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Pleasure’s Progress – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Libretto: Alasdair Middleton Music: Paul Englishby Director and Choreographer Will Tuckett Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘Pleasure’s Progress’ brings to life the...
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Morecambe – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Writer: Tim Withnall Director: Guy Masterson Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Bob Golding takes on Eric Morecambe, the man, the life and the comedy with the same energy...
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Chess – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Music: Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus Book/Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Craig Revel Horwood Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Craig Revel Horwood and Sarah Travis...
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Jenny Éclair: Old Dog, New Tricks – The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars As you might expect from someone famous as a Grumpy Old Woman Jenny Éclair does not take a gentle approach to the subject of aging....
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Ross Noble: Nonsensory Overload – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Writing a review of an enjoyable show is usually a relatively straightforward task but Ross Noble’s Nonsensory Overload is virtually...
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Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella – The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Music: Serge Prokofiev Director/Choreographer: Matthew Bourne Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Matthew Bourne has revisited his back catalogue and more than a decade...
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Dan Antopolski : Turn of the Century – The Lowry Theatre, Salford
Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Not a household name but with plenty of TV and radio comedy credits to his name, Dan Antopolski fills just about enough seats in the...
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Arabian Nights – The Lowry, Salford
Writer/Director: Andy Lawrence Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Taking some lesser known tales from Scheherazade’s Arabian Nights stories, said to be told in order that...
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Comedy All Stars – Lowry Theatre, Salford
Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars The Lowry’s Studio is undoubtedly a difficult venue for a comedy gig; small and intimate works brilliantly if the audience is engaged...
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