Spoken Word
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North West
Michael Burndett: Strange Face – The Lowry, Salford
Reviewer: Matt Forrest If you took a gander in a skip, what would you expect to find? Some rubbish? Some…
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Drama
Tom Gill: Growing Pains – New Wolsey Studio, Ipswich
Writers: Tom Gill and Matthew Landers Director: Matthew Landers Reviewer: Paul Couch Spoken Word artist Tom Gill may not yet…
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Comedy
Danny Baker: From The Cradle To The Stage – The Lowry, Salford
Reviewer: Dave Cunningham Danny Baker does not so much acknowledge as boast about his inability to stick to a script…
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North West
Pen:Chant – Home, Manchester
Reviewer: Katherine Kirwin Pen:Chant is a neo-variety night, an alt-cabaret, an indefinable shambolic mix of artforms in one evening. Pen:Chant…
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Audience with
Nutshell: An Evening with Ian McEwan – The Lowry, Salford
Reviewer: Dave Cunningham Times have changed. In the past, a book launch involved a group of readers sipping wine and…
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Dance
Fat Girls Don’t Dance – Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh
Writer: Maria Ferguson Director: Lucy Bairstow Reviewer: Laura Hibbert Blending theatre, storytelling, and movement, Fat Girls Don’t Dance is Maria…
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Drama
An Evening with CS Lewis – Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Edinburgh
Reviewer: Charlie Senate Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a mixed bag: large-scale extravaganzas with bulging production budgets and posted warnings about…
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Drama
GALWAY THEATRE FESTIVAL: Drawing Crosses on a Dusty Windowpane – Mick Lally Theatre, Galway
Writer: Dylan Coburn Gray Director: Liam Halligan Reviewer: Paige Louter Piles of shoes lie scattered around the stage, along with…
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