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The Importance of Being Earnest - Wilde for the Instagram Generation
It’s loud, pink, and hilariously sassy; Oscar Wilde’s satire meets the Barbie era.
Work It Out: A Comedic Combination of Inner Demons, Camaraderie, and Dancing.
Touching upon every inch of the human experience. Tackling mental and physical afflictions, and the unfair societal structures that often exacerbate them through comedy.
Shed: Exploded View - an important emotional cacophony
We look in as microaggressions compile and connect to become something huge.
TW: themes of domestic abuse
Bi-Topia: Seeking Self-definition on Stage
Bi-Topia tells the story of battling with uncertain sexuality, mental health and the very definition of masculinity.
Queen Lear - Fiercely Feminine Shakespeare
King turned Queen, Lear is a celebration of theatre and diversity, in a Northern, female voice.
The Female Force: A Stirring Story of Women Police Constables.
A Force to be Reckoned With celebrates the strides made by pioneering female “policemen”, facing sexism through song and sketch.
The Merchant of Venice (1936) -
In this female-fronted Shakespearean interpretation, we are reminded of the antisemitism and prejudice that still pervades contemporary society.
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.
'Rose' at Hope Mill: Dame Maureen Lipman’s Mesmerising One-woman Show
This stripped-back one-woman show is a masterclass in storytelling. Rose is a story of shared heritage and lived experience.
Raising Agents: A Spirited Salute to the Women’s Institute
Bickering their way to a solution, four WI members decide to evolve with the times. In doing so, they look back upon a century of women who came before them.
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.
All Female Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at its Most Fierce
A Midsummer Night’s Dream proudly flaunts its all-female cast. But cast’s chosen pronouns are one of the least notable things about this production. The casting is flawless, regardless of gender.
Freedom, Fringe and Al-Fresco Fun: Refract Festival returns to Waterside
As inclusive, “something for everyone” events go, Refract truly lives up to its claims.
Raise the Curtain: Live Theatre has Returned!
With a spotlight at the end of the lockdown tunnel, and the promise of live theatre productions taking place as early as next week, I’ve been ruminating on what it really is that I’ve missed and exactly what I can’t wait to return to.
Insane Animals: Sparkling Satire from Bourgeois and Maurice
Homosexuality, heterosexuality, civilisation, tyranny, immortality, trans-humanism and Brexit are all on the bill, and doused in sequins.
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.
OPIA Collective: The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye
OPIA Collective’s The Girl With Glitter In Her Eye is an ambitious, theatrical piece that explores the narrative – and most importantly, the ownership of the narrative – around trauma. Written and directed by Masha Keninovna, the play tells the story of a friendship complicated by the revelation of trauma. It poses the question: is it possible to tell someone’s story without silencing them along the way?
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.
“Run away from your troubles white man” - Playland at Empty Space Theatre
Playland is a meeting of two men in Apartheid South Africa. These men stand at the brink of a new decade, searching for redemption in the bright lights of the fun fair.