REVIEW: The Wanderers
Reading Time: 3 minutesStunning visuals and overall lyricism overshadows its core in storytelling
Category ★★★½☆
REVIEW: ENO: Albert Herring
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis autumn sees the debut of English National Opera in Greater Manchester, marking the beginning of the company’s highly anticipated artistic work in the region.
ENO presents a vibrant new production of Britten’s much-loved coming-of-age comedy, Albert Herring — a funny and quirky opera that’s certain to set curtains twitching and tongues wagging.
REVIEW: La Bohème
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn opera about artists – and a production that fails to take artistic risks First performed in 1896, La bohème is one of the most enduring operas ever – it is one of the most performed titles,…
REVIEW: Slut Confessions
Reading Time: 2 minutesGiving a voice to the long-held frustrations of women Slut Confessions was written and performed by the feminist theatre group Daughters of Artemis. The title alone is an audience magnet – a comedy-drama, perhaps, about the comings…
REVIEW: Lifers
Reading Time: 3 minutesA claustrophobic examination of what it means to grow old in a failing prison system
REVIEW: A Big Big Room Full of Everybody’s Hope
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn experimental exploration of the trauma that bonds us, and the family that holds us
REVIEW: Endgame
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn evening of amateur dramatics from EUTC at Bedlam Theatre, Endgame by Samuel Beckett, felt like an interesting choice of production.
REVIEW: Mistero Buffo
Reading Time: 2 minutesA comedic revelation of how beliefs and truths are manipulated over time Religion has become a point of contention in our postmodern society. Once taken as absolute truth, the renowned (and still, often culturally referenced) stories in…
REVIEW: Hercules the Bear
Reading Time: 2 minutesFun and lighthearted, Hercules the Bear is a unique production of a unbelievable true story. Take the kids! The tale of a couple raising a grizzly bear in their home who would go on to become somewhat of…
REVIEW: Improbable Sessions
Reading Time: 2 minutesImprobable Sessions: AI and Consciousness at the Oxford Playhouse was an evening of ingenuity, unpredictability, and surprising resonance.