Polly Lister
- North West
Sleeping Beauty – Storyhouse, Chester
Writer: Samantha O’Rourke Director: Ameera Conrad A contemporary adaptation of Sleeping Beauty which positions itself as a “Christmas Show,” despite…
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Animal Farm – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: George Orwell Adaptor: Ian Wooldridge Director: Iqbal Kahn George Orwell’s famous allegory of Stalinist Russia could be a tale…
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Around the World in 80 Days: Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Jules Verne Book Adaptor: Kate Ferguson Music and lyrics: Susannah Pearse Director: Kash Arshad The Octagon Theatre has come…
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Michael Rosen’s Unexpected Twist – the Lowry, Salford
Writer: Michael Rosen Music/Lyrics: Yaya Bey and Conrad Murray Adaptor: Roy Williams Director: James Dacre Since her mum died things…
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Unexpected Twist – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Writer: Michael Rosen Adaptor: Roy Williams Music: Yaya Bey and Conrad Murray Director: James Dacre It’s been tough for Shona…
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One Man, Two Guvnors- Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Richard Bean Director: Lotte Wakeham Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors is a modern classic. Bean adapts an 18th-century…
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Beauty and the Beast – The New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Writer: Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve Adapter/Director: Theresa Heskins Advertised as a spectacular re-telling of the original, much-loved fairy-tale, the creative…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles – Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Adaptor: Steven Canny & John Nicholson Director: Lotte Wakeham After a lengthy refurbishment and the…
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