Theatre and performance in Greater Manchester & other places.
Review of Private Lives at Royal Exchange, Manchester. On honeymoon in the south of France, Amanda discovers that her first husband Elyot is staying in the hotel suite next door, celebrating his recent marriage to new wife Sibyl. It is hard not to feel that Amanda’s description of the situation as a “little unfortunate”, fails [...]
29 July 2019. Royal Exchange, Manchester. Sub-titled Scenes From The Luddite Rebellion, Lauren Mooney and James Yeatman's new production provides exactly that – a rousing collection of voices, sounds and stories from a time of great turmoil. Drawing on archive material, including letters, court reports and newspaper articles, Mooney and Yeatman trace the increasing radicalism [...]
Circles & Stalls 