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Cathy – Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Director: Adrian Jackson Writer: Ali Taylor Reviewer: Fraser MacDonald To commemorate 50 years since the release of Ken Loach’s Cathy…
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The Match Box – Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
Director: Richard Baron Writer: Frank McGuinness Reviewer: Fraser MacDonald Frank McGuinness is oft-cited as one of Ireland’s greatest dramatists. In…
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Syd & Sylvia – The Bikeshed, Exeter
Writer: Claudia Jefferies Reviewer: Gareth Roberts Claudia Jeffries’ one-woman show Syd & Sylvia attempts to utilise the sleazy and misogynistic…
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Private Lives – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Writer: Noel Coward Director: Michael Cabot Reviewer: Helen Tope It is a story we could finish for ourselves. Two sets of newlyweds meet whilst honeymooning in the…
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People, Places & Things – Liverpool Playhouse
Writer: Duncan Macmillan Director: Jeremy Herrin and Holly Race Roughan Reviewer: Matthew Forrest The biggest dangers to a recovering addict…
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Trolley Girls – The King’s Arms, Salford.
Writer/Director: Jessica Forest and Olivia Nicholson. Reviewer: Sam Lowe What an eye catching name for a theatre company. Sugar Butties…
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Rose – Home Theatre, Manchester.
Writer: Martin Sherman. Director: Richard Beecham. Reviewer: Sam Lowe. Martin Sherman’s play first premiered at the National Theatre in 1999,…
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Rachel – Z Arts Centre, Manchester
Writer/Director: Stevie Helps Reviewer: Matt Forrest Some pieces of work challenge the audience and can cause a great deal of…
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