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Sweet as honey
11:54am Wednesday 19th November 2008
IF I was ever packed off to a desert island and could take three luxuries with me, one of them would be a copy of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste Of Honey.
Comments (0)David - a showbiz legend
11:42am Wednesday 19th November 2008
IF you’re looking for a phrase to sum up David Croft, try “showbiz legend” for size.
REVIEW - Carousel, Palace Theatre
3:32pm Wednesday 12th November 2008
By Julia Taylor * * * * That beautiful song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” should never have reached the football pitch, for it belongs on the stage in the musical “Carousel”.
Gemma keeps her feet on the ground
10:53am Wednesday 12th November 2008
FORMER Hollyoaks babe Gemma Atkinson may have graced the pages of numerous calendars and magazines wearing not much more than a gleaming white smile and has done serious damage to the blood pressure of this middle aged arts reporter.
REVIEW - Romeo and Juliet, The Lowry
10:48am Wednesday 12th November 2008
THE soft drinks machine next to the Lowry’s Lyric Theatre did brisk business on Tuesday night, there were so many teenagers in the auditorium.
REVIEW - Manon, The Palace Theatre
10:19am Wednesday 12th November 2008
By Julia Taylor Manon, performed by the English National Ballet at the Palace Theatre, has no princesses who turn into swans or toys that come alive.
Society performs Brahms Overture
10:43am Monday 10th November 2008
ALTRINCHAM Choral Society presents Brahms Tragic Overture and Brahms German Requiem at the Royal Northern College of Music, Oxford Road, Manchester, on November 15 at 7.30pm. For ticket details, call 0161 907 5555.
A right Royal scandal
10:23am Monday 10th November 2008
THERE have been some sensational stories involving the Royal family in recent years, but there’s one that will forever stand out as being the most eye popping of the lot.
REVIEW - The Cripple of Inishmaan
9:54am Thursday 6th November 2008
AARON Monaghan’s performance as the disabled Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan is as good as Daniel Day Lewis’s portrayal of Christy Brown in My Left Foot.
REVIEW - Oliver, Trafford Margaretians
9:43am Thursday 6th November 2008
THE Oscar winning movie may be 40 years old and productions of Oliver! haven’t exactly been thin on the ground in recent years, and yet this show’s reputation as a theatrical colossus remains firmly intact.
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