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Theatre Reviews North
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Based in the north of England, covering news and reviews of professional theatre from North Wales to Newcastle and Kendal to Buxton
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 10h
Manchester's love affair with performance artist Marina Abramovic continues with her four-hour Balkan Erotic Epic at Aviva Studios. Read Linda Isted's review
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Balkan Erotic Epic
Manchester's love affair with performance artist Marina Abramovic continues with her four-hour Balkan Erotic Epic at Aviva Studios
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d
An entirely new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats will go on a UK tour next year
#catsmusical #touring @palaceandopera.bsky.social #HullNewTheatre @venuecymru.bsky.social
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Cats on tour in 2026
An entirely new touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats will go on a UK tour next year
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d
ENO's first show at Salford's Lowry will be Benjamin Britten's fine comic opera Albert Herring.
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ENO first crack at Albert Herring comes to Lowry
ENO's first show at Salford's Lowry will be Benjamin Britten's fine comic opera Albert Herring.
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 1d
Favourite musical Annie goes back on the road from May 2026 - and there are plenty of visits to northern theatres
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Annie out on the road again
Favourite musical Annie goes back on the road from May 2026 - and there are plenty of visits to northern theatres
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 2d
Bolton Octagon's new spring season is a fine mix of modern classics and crowd pleasers
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Spring season at Bolton Octagon
Bolton Octagon's new spring season is a fine mix of modern classics and crowd pleasers
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 2d
Leeds Playhouse reunites with director Matthew XIa - who directed Tambo and Bones there earlier this year - for the regional premiere of Small Island, about the Windrush generation
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Regional premiere of Small Island
Leeds Playhouse reunites with director Matthew XIa - who directed Tambo and Bones there earlier this year - for the regional premiere of Small Island, about the Windrush generation
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 3d
John le Carre's first blockbuster novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold follows up its premiere West End run with a major UK tour in 2026
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John le Carre comes in from the cold to the stage
John le Carre's first blockbuster novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold follows up its premiere West End run with a major UK tour in 2026
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 3d
In 1884, what starts out as an unusual board game-orientated evening in small groups expands into a far-ranging look at colonialism. Read Jenny Daniel's review
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1884
In 1884, what starts out as an unusual board game-orientated evening in small groups expands into a far-ranging look at colonialism.
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 4d
WNO's production of Candide is light and fast-moving, but retains the seriousness of Bernstein's homage to Voltaire. Read Richard Evans' review
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Candide
WNO's production is light and fast-moving, but retains the seriousness of Bernstein's homage to Voltaire. Read Richard Evans' review
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 5d
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 · 6d
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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Lesley Joseph. Pic by Brian Salter
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Theatre Reviews North @trnorth.bsky.social · 6d
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 · 6d
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 · 7d
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 · 8d
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 · 8d
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 · 9d
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 · 9d
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 · 10d
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 · 11d
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 · 12d
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 · 13d
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 · 13d
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 · 14d
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 · 14d
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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