Tag Archives: The Lowry

Reviewer:  Richard Hall Last month, comedian, writer and broadcaster, Juliette Burton sold out this enthralling docu-comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe for a fourth consecutive year. As with her previous shows, Butterfly Effect, draws heavily on her own experiences, especially those linked to mental health. At one point in this highly entertaining, funny and deeply poignant show, Burton lists her ...

Writers: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields Director: Mark Bell Reviewer: Jay Nuttall This show does what it says on the poster. It is (loosely) about a bank robbery but it is (most definitely) a comedy. In fact, it should probably renamed A (Very Funny) Comedy about a Bank Robbery. Still home at The Criterion Theatre in the West End, ...

Writer:  Ray Cooney Director: Marti Schep Reviewer: Matthew Forrest The undoubted king of the farce has been churning out classic British comedy theatre for well over 50 years. The actor and playwright has had 17 of his plays performed and must be considered ‘a national treasure’. Salford’s Barton Theatre Company have decided to undertake one of Cooney’s later offerings: Funny ...

Writer: Georgia Christou Director: Stef O’ Driscoll Reviewer: Jay Nuttall   New writing theatre company Paines Plough continue their tradition for programming children’s theatre in their incredible pop-up theatre space, The Roundabout. Landing like a space capsule in Ordsall Park the theatre in the round is an exciting place to enter for adults, never mind children. So to go on ...

Writer: Simon Longman Director: Stef O’Driscoll Reviewer: Jay Nuttall Paines Plough’s incredible pop-up theatre space, The Roundabout, once again lands in Salford fresh from a month’s run in Edinburgh. Every year it brings three brand new plays performed with excellence and Simon Longman’s Island Town continues this welcome trend. For anyone who hasn’t been inside the intimate, capsule-like, theatre in ...

Writers: Craig Cash & Phil Mealy Director: Caroline Jay Ranger Reviewer: Jay Nuttall It’s fifteen years since Craig Cash and Phil Mealys’ superb BBC sitcom Early Doors finished on television after only two series. It attracted fantastic acclaim at the time and has grown an increased fan base over the last decade and a half. It is now set to ...

Book: Jonathan Harvey Director: Maria Friedman Reviewer: May Mellstrom "I'm 90 percent smoke and mirrors darling" declares Dusty Springfield, with a glint in her kohl-rimmed eyes as she rejects a marriage proposal and hails a taxi, disappearing into the night. The legendary British singer, born Mary O'Brien in 1939, was famously private however this new musical from acclaimed writer Jonathan ...

Reviewer: Dave Cunnningham The title of Chris Ramsey’s new show gives a good indication of the intended target audience and the likely nature of the material. The Just Happy To Get out Of The House Tour sounds like it is aimed at people who are so devoted to their families or careers that they really don’t get the chance to ...