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Robert Beale enjoys a finely-detailed production of Brian Friel's modern classic Dancing at Lughnasa at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. Read his review
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October 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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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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October 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM

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Bradford's wide-ranging City of Culture year comes to an end with an equally-diverse range of activities in local spaces
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Image marking the final events in Bradford's CIty of Culture year

September 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM

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York Theatre Royal brings next summer to a close by announcing youth theatre project "Main Stage Summer" - its first return since 2019
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August 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM

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Brendan Murphy takes his acclaimed parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Buffy Revamped - to Newcastle's Tyne theatre for a night of, well, vampire slaying
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August 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM

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York Theatre Royal's His Last Report is an impressive - and large-scale - look at the life and times of York social reformers Seebohm Rowntree and Gulielma Harlock
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Anthony Jardine as Seebohm Rowntree in His Last Report

July 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM

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Buxton Festival sets a blistering pace with a beautifully sung and played production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet. Read Robert Beale's review
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July 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM

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Contemporary circus company Kook Ensemble mixes physical theatre and acrobatics in 'Sand', a show about maintaining a connection under dementia
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May 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM

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Peter Ruddick is as enthralled as the next reviewer by the continuing delight that is the stage production of Mary Poppins. Read his review
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April 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM

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The Dukes Lancaster has a packed season running up to summer - including this year's Williamson Park open-air show, The Wizard of Oz
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March 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM

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Robert Beale runs down what we can expect from the new Opera North season in the six months from September
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March 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM

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Bruntwood prizewinner Tim Foley's multi-layered "Driftwood", about two brothers, is a magical experience says Robert Beale. Read his review
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Beach scene. James Westphal (Mark) and Jerome Yates (Tiny) in Driftwood by Tim Foley. Pic: Andrew Billington

March 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM

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Long term member of Manchester's Contact Theatre, Jack Dale-Dowd, has become the theatre's new CEO
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March 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM

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Robert Beale on the feast of opera old and new coming to this year's BIF 2025 - Buxton International Festival - in July
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Theatregoers outside Buxton Opera House, seen from above

March 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM

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The programme for this year's Manchester International Festival features several world firsts
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Monique Touko, director of Liberation, to be presented at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for MIF 2025

March 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM

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Wendi Peters flexes her tonsils for a four-star treat as legendary socialite and "singer" Florence Foster Jenkins in 'Glorious!' at Hope Mill. Read Robert Beale's review
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Charlie Hiscock and Wendi Peters in Glorious! at Hope Mill Theatre

March 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM

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Robert Beale on Marcus Jarrell Willis's first major work for his company Phoenix Dance - an adaptation of James Baldwin's 'Giovanni's Room'.
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March 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM

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Robert Beale talks about ETO's interesting spring mix of Bellini and a mash-up based on Shakespeare's plays and poems
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