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Manchester


Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
13 December 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

4 December - 15 January
By James Varney

Devoted to the devil: James Varney invokes David Greig’s midwinter folk story with a crown of sonnets.


Review: Good Grief at HOME, Manchester
15 November 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Good Grief at HOME, Manchester

11-13 November, then touring
By Simon Gwynn

It’s your funeral: Simon Gwynn reviews a clown show made by Ugly Bucket to be performed at a friend’s memorial service.


Review: Peaceophobia at Q-Park First Street Car Park, Manchester
8 October 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Peaceophobia at Q-Park First Street Car Park, Manchester

29 September - 2 October
By James Varney

Details and background: James Varney writes on Common Wealth’s portrait of three Bradford men, taking in the city, Islamophobia and modified car culture.


Review: Glee & Me at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
23 September 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Glee & Me at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

11 September - 30 October
By James Varney

Not falling down: James Varney reviews Stuart Slade’s Bruntwood Judges’ Prize-winning play about a sixteen year-old girl diagnosed with a terminal illness.


Review: Look at Me Don’t Look at Me at HOME, Manchester
21 August 2021
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Review: Look at Me Don’t Look at Me at HOME, Manchester

13 Aug, then touring
By James Varney

Interrupted history: James Varney writes on RashDash’s approach to biography and storytelling in their cabaret portrait of Lizzie Siddal and Dante Gabriel Rosetti.


Review: The Global Playground at Manchester International Festival
15 July 2021
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Review: The Global Playground at Manchester International Festival

2-18 July
By James Varney

The revolution will not be made into a dance film: James Varney writes on Theatre Rites’ dance show for young audiences in which the camera takes centre stage.


Review: Closed Hands at HOME, Manchester (online)
22 March 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Closed Hands at HOME, Manchester (online)

By Mostyn Jones

Untangling threads: Mostyn Jones reviews an ambitious game by Dan Hett exploring the fallout of a terror attack.


Review: Don’t Go Back to Sleep: The Lockdown Album at HOME, Manchester
22 October 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Don’t Go Back to Sleep: The Lockdown Album at HOME, Manchester

21-24 October
By James Varney

Covid culture: James Varney explores the new ways we engage with performance via RashDash’s documentary album, listened to from home.


Review: Augmented at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
11 March 2020
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Review: Augmented at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

5-7 March, then touring
By James Varney

Sudden cyborg: James Varney writes on Sophie Woolley’s first-person account of losing, and then regaining, her hearing.


Review: Insane Animals at HOME Manchester
8 March 2020
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Review: Insane Animals at HOME Manchester

28 February - 14 March
By James Varney

No spoilers: James Varney writes an email to HOME and explores the ways in which work is contextualised for audiences.


Review: Wuthering Heights at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
18 February 2020
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Review: Wuthering Heights at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

7 February - 7 March
By James Varney

Mood piece: James Varney paints the violent, lustful landscape of Wuthering Heights in seven panels


Review: Oreo at HOME, Manchester
24 January 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Oreo at HOME, Manchester

23-25 January, then touring
By James Varney

Shedding and putting on layers: James Varney on the process of reshaping oneself in Tania Camara’s messy, physical performance piece.


Review: Sound Cistem at HOME, Manchester
22 January 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Sound Cistem at HOME, Manchester

By James Varney

‘How do you look?’: James Varney writes on the act of witnessing in Plaster Cast Theatre’s verbatim piece about trans and non-binary bodies.


Review: Cuttin’ It at Royal Exchange Manchester
15 January 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Cuttin’ It at Royal Exchange Manchester

9 Jan - 1 Feb
By James Varney

Learning to care: James Varney writes on the complicated friendship at the heart of Charlene James’ play about FGM in Britain.


Review: Gypsy at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
7 December 2019
Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Gypsy at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

30 November - 1 February
By James Varney

Successful parenting: James Varney writes on the obsessive drive of Rose, the vaudeville troupe manager-mother of Gypsy.


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