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Loving Her, Loving Him at Kings Arms

Loving Her, Loving Him at Kings Arms

A mix-up over hotel rooms in Blackpool during the 1975 Conservative Party conference leads to an affair that lasts through Thatcher, the AIDS crisis and Section 28. The dying embers of New Labour sparks a relationship that comes up against the financial crash,...
Pippin at Hope Mill

Pippin at Hope Mill

“Pippin” Hope Mill Theatre The performance area is pure vaudeville. Light bulbs frame a catwalk of wooden floorboards stretching back into a proscenium of darkness from where the players emerge and retreat. The space exudes the feeling of anticipation that...
Addams Family at The Lowry

Addams Family at The Lowry

The Addams Family at the Lowry The theme tune to the TV show is instantly catchy and nostalgic, inviting you to click your fingers, and even though the tunes in this Broadway musical, are not quite as memorable, this production is lifted by a brilliant cast, who give...
Jungle Book

Jungle Book

Jungle Book Metta Theatre’s production offers a unique twist on a classic book. In this new version of the first three parts of Kipling’s Jungle Book we follow Mowgli (Nathalie Alison) on her search for identity and belonging, trying to find her place in...
Valentina performs at Cruz for Holy Trannity

Valentina performs at Cruz for Holy Trannity

Holy Trannity have returned with a bang to their new home of Cruz 101. After the sad closure of AXM Manchester it is great to see the best hosts of Rupaul’s Drag Queens back and bigger than an ever with an even bigger stage to perform.  Fans of the show...
We Were Told There Was Dancing

We Were Told There Was Dancing

To mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales the Royal Exchange’s award-winning Young Company present We Were Told There Was Dancing. The 60 minutes production was created and developed by the company and is...