REVIEW: Singin’ in the Rain
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Singin’ In The Rain 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds is still considered one of the greatest movie musicals ever made.
Evelina Black
REVIEW: Moving Pictures
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s Moving Pictures at The Bridgewater Hall was an atmospheric and evocative celebration of some of the very best 21st-century film scores.
REVIEW: One Hundred Percent
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrecarious Theatre’s One Hundred Percent is dark, interesting and full of energy. What initially drew me to this play was its concept: an embittered, failed actor confronts the examiner who once gave him a perfect score in…
REVIEW: Ockham’s Razor’s Tess
Reading Time: 3 minutesA beautiful and beguiling adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
REVIEW: Taming of the “Shrew”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Taming of the Shrew is a widely polarising play, with Shakespeare’s original text often criticised for its overt misogyny.
REVIEW: Death of A Salesman
Reading Time: 2 minutesArthur Miller’s classic 1949 play Death of a Salesman has been one of my favourites since I studied it at A level, so when I got the chance to review Trafalgar Theatre Productions and Raw Material’s production at The Lowry, I jumped at it.
REVIEW: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Reading Time: 2 minutesInfectiously energetic and one you definitely don’t want to miss!
REVIEW: Daphnis and Chloé
Reading Time: 2 minutesEnchanting, energetic, and ethereal, the BBC’s Philharmonic’s Daphnis and Chloé surpassed all my expectations. Arriving at The Bridgewater Hall having never seen the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra before and only knowing its reputation as one of the most revered ensembles…
REVIEW: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Reading Time: 2 minutesOpera North’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream presents Benjamin Britten’s 1960s compelling score with fantastic flair.
REVIEW: A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresented by Access All Areas and The Lowry, A Small Enclosed Room with Alfie Murphy, examines neurodivergent struggles with identity and masking- a process in which autistic people suppress themselves and their behaviours to fit into a neurotypical society.