Shifting the conversation from the mind to the gut: Catherine Love reviews Powder Keg’s new show about climate change.
Manchester
5 June 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: Persuasion at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
May 25 - June 24
By Aniqah Choudhri
“What on earth am I watching here?”: Aniqah Choudhri has her preconceptions blown away by a modernised Jane Austen adaptation.
10 May 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: How My Light Is Spent at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
April 24 - May 13
By Catherine Love
Magical-realism by way of light yet damning political critique: Catherine Love reviews Alan Harris’ “strange, delicate” 2015 Bruntwood Prize-winner.
23 March 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Daniel at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Royal Exchange Studio ⋄ 22 March 2017
By Catherine Love
Dangerously charged: Catherine Love reviews Footprint Theatre’s performance of Daniel in Manchester.
18 March 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Cock and Bull at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Royal Exchange Studio ⋄ 16th-18th March 2017
By Catherine Love
A thing of then and now and whatever the hell might be next: Catherine Love reviews Cock and Bull, two years on from when it was made.
9 March 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Sick! Festival in Manchester
8 - 12 March 2017
By Catherine Love
Death. Illness. Identity: Catherine Love reviews the Sick! Festival in Manchester.
16 February 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: JOAN at Contact, Manchester
Contact Theatre ⋄ 14 - 16 February 2017
By Catherine Love
This is unquestionably about identity: Catherine Love reviews Lucy Jane Parkinson in JOAN.
15 February 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Guest Review: The House of Bernarda Alba at the Manchester Royal Exchange
Royal Exchange ⋄ 3 - 25 February 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
The truly transformative nature of Graeae’s approach can’t be underestimated: Joe Turnbull from Disability Arts Online reviews a new production of Lorca’s play using an all-female, D/deaf and disabled cast.
3 February 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Narvik at HOME, Manchester
HOME ⋄ 31 January – 4 February 2017
By Catherine Love
Somewhere across the icy waters: Catherine Love reviews Liz Nunnery’s WWII play with songs.
20 January 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Morale is High (Since we gave up Hope) at HOME, Manchester
HOME ⋄ 16 - 18 January 2017
By Catherine Love
An uncertain piece of theatre in uncertain times: Catherine Love reviews Powder Keg’s performance as part of PUSH festival 2017.
8 December 2016
Reviews • Manchester
Review: World Factory at HOME, Manchester
HOME ⋄ 7th - 10th December 2016
By Catherine Love
We don’t just see the ethical conundrums faced by factory owners; we experience them: Catherine Love reviews World Factory.
11 November 2016
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Manpower at the Lowry, Manchester
The Lowry ⋄ 10th November 2016
By Catherine Love
Taking back control: Catherine Love reviews Two Destination Language’s show about modern masculinity.
27 October 2016
Reviews • Manchester • Reviews
Review: Don’t Wake the Damp at The Lowry, Salford
The Lowry ⋄ 26th - 29th October 2016
By Catherine Love
The loving mixture of homage and piss-take: Catherine Love reviews Kill The Beast at The Lowry.
15 September 2016
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Royal Exchange ⋄ 8th September - 15th October 2016
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love reviews Maxine Peake’s “compelling and impressively fresh” performance as Blanche DuBois.
25 May 2016
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: 32 rue Vandenbranden at HOME
HOME ⋄ 23rd - 25th May 2016
By Andrew Haydon
“You gradually learn not to trust a single thing you see”: Andrew Haydon reviews Peeping Tom at HOME.