Mad fer it – The Battle: Blur vs Oasis, Opera House, Manchester
There’s an episode of the 90s hit comedy Father Ted where the lads on Craggy Island are visited by...
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Tag: Opera House
Festive Review: Robin Hood, Opera House, Manchester
I haven’t been to a pantomime since I was a child. As it turns out, pantos are much more...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Fatal Attraction, Opera House, Manchester
First, the good news. Even though it’s yet another stage show based on an 80s hit film, Adrian Lyne’s glossy and controversial 1987 tale of an extra-marital affair gone horribly wrong hasn’t been inexplicably transformed into a...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Amélie The Musical, Opera House, Manchester
I’ve pondered before in these pages on the apparently insatiable appetite of musical theatre producers for hit films that can be transformed into stage hits. The fanciful French language fairytale film Amélie, set in a...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Cinderella, Opera House, Manchester
These are tumultuous times for the Opera House pantomime. For many years it was the province of writer, director and regular Dame Eric Potts, until last year’s show, Dick Whittington starring John Barrowman and The...
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