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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 6h

There's an unexpected poignancy about Unity Theatre, Liverpool's production of Genet's The Maids
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The Maids swan song

There's an unexpected poignancy about UnityTheatre, Liverpool's production of Genet's The Maids

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d

TV and stage favourite Lesley Joseph joins the cast of "Road" to start the Royal Exchange, Manchester's 50th anniversary season
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d

Sutara Gayle's colourful life is laid bare in The Legends of Them - a powerful performance piece which starts from the 1985 Brixton uprising
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Sutara Gayle comes HOME

Sutara Gayle's colourful life is laid bare in The Legends of Them - a powerful performance piece which starts from the 1985 Brixton uprising

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d

John Rwothomack’s shocking one-man show Far Gone, about Uganda's child soldiers, "isn't exactly a fun night at the theatre" says Robert Beale. Read his review
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Far Gone

John RwothomackRoots Mbili TheatreLowry, Salford8-10 October, 2025: 1 hour 15 minutesJohn Rwothomack’s one-man show is not exactly a fun night out at the theatre. In his 75 minutes he befriends his au...

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 2d

Eastenders star and Strictly winner Kara Tointon will star in an RSC tour of The Constant Wife from January
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Kara Tointon to star in RSC tour of The Constant Wife

Eastenders star and Strictly winner Kara Tointon will star in an RSC tour of The Constant Wife from January

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 3d

Welsh National Opera's A Night at the Opera, Candide and Tosca, this week, will be the company's only visit to north Wales for some months
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Welsh National Opera brings three shows to Llandudno

Welsh National Opera's A Night at the Opera, Candide and Tosca, this week, will be the company's only visit to north Wales for some months

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 3d

Bruntwood competition judges' award prizewinner Bindweed, at Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool, asks tough questions about domestic abuse
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Bruntwood prizewinner Bindweed at Hope Street Theatre

Bruntwood competition judges' award prizewinner Bindweed, at Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool, asks tough questions about domestic abuse

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 4d

Susan Wooldridge stars as spiritualist Madame Arcati in Blackpool Grand's forthcoming production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit
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Starry cast for Blithe Spirit in Blackpool

Susan Wooldridge stars as spiritualist Madame Arcati in Blackpool Grand's forthcoming production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 4d

Robert Beale is impressed by almost every aspect of Opera North and Phoenix Dance's production of Handel's little-known oratorio, Susanna. Read his review
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Susanna

Robert Beale is impressed by almost every aspect of Opera North and Phoenix Dance's production of Handel's little-known oratorio, Susanna

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 5d

Frankie Lipman's Bruntwood-longlisted play "Wightwater" aims to put the creepiness in creepy stage plays...
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Terror under the arches in Wightwater

Frankie Lipman's Bruntwood-longlisted play "Wightwater" aims to put the creepiness in creepy stage plays...

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 6d

Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre will present Little Shop of Horrors next year, choreographed and directed by Tony and Olivier-nominated director Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
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Little Shop of Horrors for Hope Mill Theatre

Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre will present Little Shop of Horrors next year, choreographed and directed by Tony- and Olivier-nominated director Carrie-Anne Ingrouille

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 7d

Cumbriafest celebrates creative Cumbria in a weekend of plays, writing, comedy, poetry and social events at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake
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CumbriaFest celebrates Cumbrian talent

Cumbriafest celebrates creative Cumbria in a weekend of plays, writing, comedy, poetry and social events at Keswick's Theatre by the Lake

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 8d

Manchester's ultra-successful musicals specialist, Hope Mill Theatre, launches its own BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre
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Hope Mill launches BA Honours in Musicals

Manchester's ultra-successful musicals specialist, Hope Mill Theatre, launches its own BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 8d

We all know the story of Death on the Nile, but Robert Beale finds plenty to enjoy in this new production of Agatha's Christie's Egyptian murder mystery
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Death on the Nile

Ken Ludwig, after Agatha ChristieFiery Angel & Agatha Christie LtdLowry, Salford26 September - 4 October, 2025: 2 hours 20 minutes(Also at York Grand Opera House 3-7 March 2026, Sheffield Lyceum 10-14...

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 9d

Theatr Clwyd chooses two classics and a new play about a climate-hit Wales for the first part of its 50th anniversary season in the spring
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Theatr Clwyd 50th anniversary season trio

Theatr Clwyd chooses two classics and a new play about a climate-hit Wales for the first part of its 50th anniversary season in the spring

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 9d

Friends fans will love it, but anyone with only a vague interest in the mega-hit sitcom will wonder what the fuss is about in Friends, The Musical Parody
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Friends - The Musical Parody

Friends fans will love it, but anyone with only a vague interest in the mega-hit sitcom will wonder what the fuss is about in this Friends parody tribute

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 10d

Manchester's international-scale Factory International offers three major opportunities to creatives to work in its Aviva Studios environment
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Factory International artist development opportunities

Manchester's international-scale Factory International offers three major opportunities to creatives to work in its Aviva Studios environment

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 11d

Frantic Assembly's 30th anniversary play is a "wild ride through a life-changing relationship". See it in York, Liverpool and Salford
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Frantic Assembly 30th anniversary

Frantic Assembly's 30th anniversary play is a "wild ride through a life-changing relationship".

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 11d

Award-winning children's show Grandad Anansi returns to Manchester's Z-arts centre by popular demand
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Award-winner Grandad Anansi returns to Z-Arts

Award-winning children's show Grandad Anansi returns to Manchester's Z-arts centre by popular demand

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 12d

Blackpool Grand Theatre's vibrant Grand Young Company is looking for young people aged 14-19 for a new drama project
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Audition for Blackpool Grand Young Company

Blackpool Grand Theatre's vibrant Grand Young Company is looking for young people aged 14-19 for a new drama project

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 12d

Leeds Playhouse looks for West Yorkshire playwrights to submit their stage scripts about the region, and invites young directors to watch rehearsals
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Calling all West Yorkshire playwrights

Leeds Playhouse looks for "local" writers to submit their stage scripts about the region, and invites young directors to watch rehearsals

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 13d

Robert Beale on the spectacle of the touring production of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, stopping at Salford's Lowry for Christmas
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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe roars back to Salford

Robert Beale on the spectacle of the touring production of The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, stopping at Salford's Lowry for Christmas

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 14d

Oldham Coliseum substitutes Jim Cartwright's A Christmas Fair for panto this Christmas - but the result should still be memorable
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Oldham Coliseum on the hunt for Christmas cast members

Oldham Coliseum substitutes Jim Cartwright's A Christmas Fair for panto this Christmas - but the result should still be memorable

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 15d

Richard Evans sees The Woman in Black - the "scariest play ever", according to some - and considers the tragic hidden point it makes. Read his review
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The Woman in Black

Richard Evans sees The Woman in Black - the "scariest play ever", according to some - and considers the tragic hidden point it makes.

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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 15d

Fans of the TV Inspector Morse won't be disappointed by this highly watchable stage "episode", House of Ghosts, written by one of the TV series writers, with strong central characters
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Inspector Morse - House of Ghosts

Fans of the TV Inspector Morse won't be disappointed by this highly watchable stage "episode", with a story by one of the TV series writers

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