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Writer: Gilbert & Sullivan Director: Jonathan Kent Conductor: Peter Robinson Reviewer: Jeffrey Mayhew The Public Reviews Rating: It is not in any way to denigrate the multitude of Mikados performed at many different levels (all with love and enthusiasm) to say that a flawlessly sung and acted version is not merely a wonderful experience but almost a new [...]

Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: “Old men of rock and roll came bearing music” and boy did they rock the Lowry! 10cc have hit Salford and left it reeling in the aftermath. Although only Graham Gouldman remains of the four known members, both lead guitarist Rick Fenn and drummer Paul Burgess have been with the band [...]

Writer: Sergei Prokofiev Adaptor: Stephen Smart and Leigh McCalister Reviewer: Laura Stimpson The Public Reviews Rating: Peter and the Wolf is a story we have all heard of, written by the renowned Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev in 1936. It has been adapted numerous times including by Walt Disney in the 1940’s. This adaptation is the work of Stephen [...]

Writer: William Shakepeare Adaptor/Performer: Louise Jameson Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: Accurately dexcribed as Desert Island Discs of Shakespeare’s speeches, Louise Jameson’s one woman show is a delight from start to finish. At only 45 minutes long Jameson gives a whistle stop tour through some of her favourite speeches from several of the Bard’s plays performing [...]

Conductor: Steve Parr Reviewer: Audrey Pointer The Public Reviews Rating: Simply Big Band is more than simply big band. It is a flashy two hour mix of music, song and dance, complimented by archive big screen footage, which promises the audience “a dazzling roller coaster ride through the golden age of the American big band”. The production features [...]

Writer: John Hoggarth Director: Trevor MacFarlane Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Water Still Remains’ is a community-led project organised by the Lowry Theatre as part of their 10th Anniversary Local Heritage Project. Ambitiously it explores the history of the former docklands in which the theatre is located and acts as a practical demonstration of community [...]

Writer: Henrik Ibsen Adaptor: Bryony Lavery Director: Chris Honer Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: Often regarded as one of the very first feminist plays, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House was truly controversial in it’s time. Although the subject matter has certainly lost it’s sensationalism in the intervening years, the Library Theatre Company’s current production still packs [...]

Writer/Director Richard Digby Day Reviewer: James Higgins The Public Reviews Rating: Well it seems that time travel was possible after all, or was it the excellent Meantime London Ale that they serve in the Bar at Riverside studios? As I gazed out from the stalls it did look like I had been transported to an era when the [...]