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A Taste of Honey: an intimate, intense mother-daughter drama
From Salford playwright, Shelagh Delaney, comes an intimate depiction of a mother-daughter relationship and the men who come between.
Shed: Exploded View - an important emotional cacophony
We look in as microaggressions compile and connect to become something huge.
TW: themes of domestic abuse
Escaping the "Other": F*ck Miss Saigon
A sharply political comedy tackling racist theatrical tropes. Courtesy of a newfound transcendental awareness, Kim rejects and shatters the stereotypes that have bound her and her sisters who came before.
No Pay? No Way! Political Farce at the Royal Exchange
A modern translation of the original play, No Pay? No Way! highlights that the economic troubles of 70s Italy are not only still relevant, but arguably only getting worse.
Beginning: A Touching Two-Hander about Taking the Plunge
In a post-house-party haze, Laura and Danny find clarity on life, loneliness, and possibilities.
Betty! A Sort of Musical
The brand new “sort of musical” from the Royal Exchange celebrates the first (and only!) female speaker of the House of Commons, and defiant Northern Lass.
Sisterhood and Cyborgs: Electric Rosary at the Royal Exchange
Robots, rioting and religion collide in this story that challenges the bonds of sisterhood and questions the very bounds of humanity.
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart @ The Royal Exchange
By leading us to presume the impending rhyme, this story of an eponymous heroine subverts our expectations at each turn.
The Clashing Cacophony of Wuthering Heights at the Royal Exchange
In a beautifully dissonant retelling of Emily Brontë’s traumatic love story, we are cast into the North Yorkshire Moors at the heart of the Royal Exchange.
The Glory of Gypsy at the Royal Exchange
Billed as ‘a musical fable’ this sparkling production follows the highs and lows of life in show-business. We watch a pushy mother living vicariously through her daughters; an unmarried woman finding fulfilment in the shadow of the spotlight.
Macbeth: Queen of Scotland at the Royal Exchange
For centuries scholars have dissected the power of female characters in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Now, in this new adaptation by Christopher Haydon, Macbeth herself questions the same.
West Side Story: A Story of Love, Loss and Male Bravado
Jets, Sharks; Americans, Puerto Ricans; Men, Women: this is a land of opposites brought together in dissonance. Is it possible to bring a ‘love at first sight’ story into the Tinder-dominated age in which we now live?
Barber Shop Chronicles: Brotherhood, Beats and Belonging
Gossiping at the hairdressers; swapping endless stories; spilling emotional truths - these are just a few of the gendered stereotypes that the all male cast burst through.
Mother Courage and Her Children - A Motherf*cking Theatrical Trip
It’s 2080 and the world is still no place for two women on their own. Mother Courage and Her Children is a story of unrelenting action, omnipresent political undertones, and a woman who adapts to survive - whatever the cost.
Queen Margaret: Putting the SHE in Shakespearean Drama
The eponymous Queen is interestingly mute for the first few scenes of this feminist re-framing of history. We are firmly grounded in the patriarchal realm of Renaissance drama (indeed, all drama), ready to be sprung into a new orbit.
Championing Untold Stories: Three Feminist Productions breaking the silence at the Royal Exchange
The recent series at Manchester’s Royal Exchange theatre has taken on the important role of platforming the unheard. Real women are taking to the stage to sing some home truths and to celebrate the hard-won fight to have a voice.
Who or what are the classics for?: RashDash present Three Sisters
“Fuck you and your excellent words.” Questioning how actors and audience ought to interact with the canon, RashDash explode onto the stage to fight for an artist’s right against the dictatorial bonds of the script.
The Cherry Orchard: the Slow Surroundings of an Eccentric Matriarch
The entrance of a small, ghostly child, before the house lights go down, marks the opening of this latest production of The Cherry Orchard and suggests that this may not be Chekhov as we know.
Frankenstein @ Royal Exchange: an innovative tribute to a literary great
Plunged into darkness, with a crash and a flash, we are on Captain Walton’s ship, trapped amidst the ice. 200 years after Mary Shelley’s iconic novel was published, April de Angelis and the Royal Exchange Theatre reignite life into the pages of Frankenstein.