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Saturday Night Fever

42 years ago the movie Saturday Night Fever became a global hit revitalising the career of Chorlton boys the Bee Gees and prolonging the mainstream appeal of disco. Tonight, Bill Kenwright’s revamped production hits the Palace Theatre stage bringing back the...
Anatomy Lab Live 2019: The Surgery

Anatomy Lab Live 2019: The Surgery

Are you a healthcare professional or student? Do you have a fascination for all things anatomical? Then Anatomy Lab Live might just be your bag. Ahead of its Northwest leg, we headed to Glasgow to see what the buzz was all about. Now in its third year, the 2019 tour...
The Betting Shop

The Betting Shop

The Betting Shop, written and directed by Stevie Helps, and staged by No Egos Theatre Productions, premièred at the Aldridge Studio on the 10th of January. With the 15 minute interval it’s 90 minutes long (although it overran by about 30 minutes) and,...
Youngr live in Manchester

Youngr live in Manchester

Outside, the snow was just beginning to fall, but inside the temperatures were rising. The crowd, laughing in the dark, covered in glitter, were bouncing feverishly long before Youngr came onstage, ready and waiting for the party. When it – he, Youngr, the party...
The Manchester Monologues

The Manchester Monologues

The word monologue means different things to different people, particularly to those of us lucky enough to be born here in the north. Here, the master of the monologue was Stanley Holloway, whose performance of Albert and the Lion (and several other monologues) has...
Eric and Ern at The lowry

Eric and Ern at The lowry

Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens have been performing and writing as Eric and Ern for almost five years but I wondered if they could really emulate the greatness of the comic genii. Without doubt this production matches the press release claim of being a...