Yusra Warsama excels in a show that is “dragging up chains of trauma, soaked in violent pasts and present.”
Manchester
29 January 2016
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Wit at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Royal Exchange ⋄ 21st January - 13th February 2016
By James Varney
‘Wit is as tired of thinking about cancer as Vivian is; Hesmondhalgh drags us through Vivian’s treatment and death, and all we learn about is life.’
22 December 2015
Reviews • Manchester
How to Be Better
Contact Theatre ⋄ 16th-19th December 2015
By James Varney
A curated collage of honesty.
14 December 2015
Reviews • Manchester
Into the Woods
Royal Exchange ⋄ 5th December 2015 – 16th January 2016
By James Varney
Fairytales within fairytales within fairytales.
3 November 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Oresteia
HOME ⋄ 3rd - 14th November 2015
By James Varney
Fifty shades of grey.
18 October 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Crucible
Royal Exchange ⋄ 18th September - 24th October 2015
By James Varney
Butting heads.
12 October 2015
Reviews • Manchester
I ♥ Chocolat
Contact Theatre ⋄ 8th October 2015
By James Varney
Malteasers and epiphanies.
9 October 2015
Reviews • Manchester
Under the Covers
Contact Theatre ⋄ 7th - 10th October 2015
By James Varney
Fucking alive.
23 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
Flare 15: Double Bill
Contact Theatre ⋄ 16th July 2015
By James Varney
Getting away with it.
20 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Crocodile
Manchester International Festival ⋄ 2nd - 19th July 2015
By James Varney
Comic genius.
18 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Tale of Mr Tumble
Manchester International Festival ⋄ 2nd - 19th July 2015
By Alex Chisholm
Inclusion.
16 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
Flare 15: Triple Bill
Contact Theatre ⋄ 14th July 2015
By James Varney
Down at the bottom of the garden….
6 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Skriker
Royal Exchange ⋄ 2nd – 18th July 2015
By James Varney
The earth will one day swallow us.
4 July 2015
Reviews • Manchester
wonder.land
Palace Theatre ⋄ 2nd-12th July 2015
By James Varney
Down the rabbit hole.
28 May 2015
Reviews • Manchester
The Funfair
HOME ⋄ 14th May – 13th June 2015
By James Varney
Other ideologies are available.