‘electric’ Singin’ in the rain, Royal Exchange, Manchester
They had me at the first tap break. If you know the movie of Singin’ in the Rain, imagine...
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‘poignant and celebratory’ Liberation, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Manchester has long been the locus of world-shattering political meetings, from Marx and Engels...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Electric Rosary, Royal Exchange, Manchester
In these tentative, post-lockdown times, many theatre venues tend to programme safe, obvious, well-known shows, those crowd-pleasers that will guarantee them an audience. It’s understandable, but that’s all the more...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Glee and Me, Royal Exchange, Manchester
Fans of The Take on YouTube will have seen the one about ‘The Sick Girl’ trope. The girls in ‘Sick Girl’ movies all have similar characteristics. She’s beautiful and her illness makes her glow. She’s bursting with positivity...
Read MoreTheatre Review: Wuthering Heights, Royal Exchange, Manchester
There are more adaptations of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights than you can shake a stick at. Telly, cinema, theatre and even song, you name it, it’s been covered. But there’s something unusually fresh about the Royal...
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