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Review: Miss Saigon at Palace Theatre Manchester

Review: Miss Saigon at Palace Theatre Manchester

Miss Saigon has returned to Manchester in a mesmerising triumph of a musical, one that manages to both stun and educate its audience. I have seen Miss Saigon before many years ago and I wasn’t impressed. The 2025 show has not just reversed my opinion, it’s completely...
Review: La Bohème at The Lowry

Review: La Bohème at The Lowry

Opera North are in town, presenting their excellent production of La Bohème at The Lowry until the 16th of November, and from start to finish everyone and everything simply delivers – even the programme informs that the British premiere was in 1897 at the now disused...
Review: Sports Team at Manchester Academy.

Review: Sports Team at Manchester Academy.

Off to the Academy 2, a well organised venue, to see Sports Team, an indie/post punk/alt rock band who hail from Cambridge and consist of Lead singer Alex Rice, Rhythm guitar/vocals Rob Knaggs, Drums Al Greenwood, Bass Oli Dewdney and Henry Young on Lead guitar, Ben...
Review: Fawlty Towers at Opera House Manchester

Review: Fawlty Towers at Opera House Manchester

Fawlty Towers: The Play brings a slice of 1970s Torquay to Manchester. Fawlty Towers, the TV show, is deeply ingrained in the British consciousness. Unlike many of the productions I see at the theatre, I have a deep familiarity with this one, I grew up watching it...
Review: Breaking the Code at Home Mcr

Review: Breaking the Code at Home Mcr

Hugh Whitemore’s “Breaking the Code” remains one of the most moving and intelligent portraits of Alan Turing ever brought to the stage — and this new production at HOME Manchester running from October the 28th to November the 1st captures both the brilliance and the...