http://www.thepublicreviews.com Theatre reviews for you, by you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:09:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/richard-herring-what-is-love-anyway-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/richard-herring-what-is-love-anyway-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:38:40 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27711   Reviewer: Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Love, Richard Herring purports, is like religion; a delusional, faith-based thing. His aim, this evening is to ‘define and describe love and ultimately destroy it before it destroys (me), again’. This should be easy for the man who has tussled over the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/richard-herring-what-is-love-anyway-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/john-peels-shed-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/john-peels-shed-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:48:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27683 Writer: John Osborne Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars When John Osbourne, awkward teenager, first tuned his radio to John Peel’s late night show he didn’t much like it. It was all “a bit loud”. I suspect that this has been the case for a whole generation of radio [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/john-peels-shed-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fairport-convention-45th-anniversary-tour-2012-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fairport-convention-45th-anniversary-tour-2012-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:26:27 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27655 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Support act Kieran Goss describes himself as a songwriter. He could add raconteur to his CV .His hilarious digressions are an integral part of his act but go on so long that the number of songs has to be restricted to a handful. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fairport-convention-45th-anniversary-tour-2012-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-london-community-gospel-choir-gospel-greats-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-london-community-gospel-choir-gospel-greats-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:37:48 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27628 Founder/ Bandleader: Bazil Meade Conductor: Wendy Rose Reviewer:vDave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Comedian Stewart Lee suggests that attempting to perform something with sincerity is the last taboo that will shock an audience. In that respect The London Community Gospel Choir can be said to be iconoclasts – belting out [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-london-community-gospel-choir-gospel-greats-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/competition-the-daughter-in-law-library-theatre-co-at-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/competition-the-daughter-in-law-library-theatre-co-at-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:03:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27587 The Daughter-in-Law, a rarely seen play by DH Lawrence, one of the giants of 20th century English literature, continues the Library Theatre Company’s highly successful residency at The Lowry in Salford. The production, which will be directed by Chris Honer, the company’s Artistic Director, opens on Thursday 23 February and runs until Saturday 10 March [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/competition-the-daughter-in-law-library-theatre-co-at-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elio-pace-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elio-pace-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:34:48 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27538 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Elio Pace opens his concert with a mission statement set to music. ‘Oh So Tight’, as well as paying tribute to his rock’n’roll heroes, welcomes the audience and sets out his objective of delivering the maximum entertainment possible. If the final goal is [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elio-pace-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/laura-veirs-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/laura-veirs-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:01:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27485 Band: Alex Guy (keyboards and violin/viola) and Tim Young (guitars) Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This is the first time that Laura Veirs has played a gig in Salford and the accent is something of a barrier. ‘Don’t be fooled’ a local calls out in response to her [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/laura-veirs-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stephen-venables-the-legend-of-eric-shipton-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stephen-venables-the-legend-of-eric-shipton-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:11:22 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27349 Writer: Stephen Venables Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars What makes men (and occasionally women) climb mountains? Internationally acclaimed mountaineer, writer and broadcaster Stephen Venables doesn’t attempt to answer this question, but it’s one that plays on my mind throughout his excellent illustrated talk. Most of the audience don’t [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stephen-venables-the-legend-of-eric-shipton-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/simon-munnery-hats-off-to-the-101ers-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/simon-munnery-hats-off-to-the-101ers-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:23:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27323 Writer and performer: Simon Munnery Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Simon Munnery starts off his new show in the way he does not intend to go on. A show made up of lengthy monologues and songs opens with a series of short and marvellously surreal one-liners. Munnery enters [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/simon-munnery-hats-off-to-the-101ers-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/beouwulf-the-dragon-slayer-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/beouwulf-the-dragon-slayer-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:16:59 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27315 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Although ‘Beowulf the Dragon Slayer’ is promoted as suitable for ages from seven few concessions are made for the attention span of such an audience. The tale of Beowulf is enacted by a single performer using wooden puppets carved in the style of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/beouwulf-the-dragon-slayer-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hugh-cornwell-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hugh-cornwell-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:29:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27302 Reviewer: Iain Sykes The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars   This is Hugh Cornwell’s first ever visit to The Lowry and he’s impressed. “Nice place” he says as he looks around from the stage of the Quays Theatre, the complex’s smaller theatre, “spacious yet intimate”. In fact, the perfect space for the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hugh-cornwell-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2012-the-rainbow-connection-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2012-the-rainbow-connection-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:25:50 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27202 Writer: Joanne Sherryden Director: Adam Zane Reviewer: Elisa Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars The Rainbow Connection is a love story between a gay man and a straight woman who attempt to cure one another of their respective emotional issues using predominantly booze and vulgar humour. The play has the distinct [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2012-the-rainbow-connection-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stalin%e2%80%99s-favourite-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stalin%e2%80%99s-favourite-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:14:36 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27195 Adapted from the novel ‘The Whisperer’ by Orlando Figes Director: Peter Symonds Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Direct from the National Theatre, this latest offering from Theatre Unlimited entitled ‘Stalin’s favourite’ sits quite comfortably somewhere between a play and a history lecture. Centred on poet Konstantin Simonov, it [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/stalin%e2%80%99s-favourite-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/future-shock-library-theatre-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/future-shock-library-theatre-manchester/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:16:45 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27119 Writer: Richard Stockwell Director: Elisa Amesbury Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The stage is not the natural location for science fiction. The need to convey an alien environment without a big budget can result in the use of awkward futuristic slang. Richard Stockwell’s ‘Future Shock’ is not immune [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/future-shock-library-theatre-manchester/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-beauty-and-the-beast-the-lowry/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-beauty-and-the-beast-the-lowry/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:53:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27027 Music: Glenn Buhr Choreography: David Bintley Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Beauty and the Beast is not one of the great classical ballets but the story of Belle and the cruel, vain prince enchanted to live as a beast as punishment for his thoughtless ways has a similar [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-beauty-and-the-beast-the-lowry/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/signatures-2012-youth-dance-showcase-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/signatures-2012-youth-dance-showcase-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:12:34 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26888 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars As the ITV giant Britain’s Got Talent is filming in the Lyric Theatre, at The Lowry, I spy a man with a saucepan on his head being filmed outside the building. Elsewhere – and less surreally – in the Quays Theatre the audience [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/signatures-2012-youth-dance-showcase-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-blackbird-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-blackbird-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:40:06 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26806 Writer: Lucia Cox Director: James Foster Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘Blackbird’ currently playing as part of Manchester’s RePlay Festival is the creation of writer and performer Lucia Cox. Performed alone onstage amongst a simplistic set, ‘Blackbird’ is a dark and mesmerising tale of the truly complex nature [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-blackbird-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-sherica-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-sherica-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:40:09 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26743 Writer:  Ian Winterton Director: Trevor MacFarlane Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Even before the play starts the atmosphere is disquieting. The audience enters to find the cast confronting each other across a barren stage with the noise of a school echoing eerily in the background. It is appropriate [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-sherica-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-the-crypt-project-new-depths-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-the-crypt-project-new-depths-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:28:24 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26736 Writer: Happystorm Theatre Director: Sarah Meadows Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Following its successful, but all too brief, run at Crypt of St Philip with St Stephen in Salford earlier this year, The Crypt Project finds new life as part of the Re:Play Festival. The concept alone is [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/replay-festival-2011-the-crypt-project-new-depths-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-johnny-cash-story-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-johnny-cash-story-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:04:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26679 Music/Lyrics: Johnny Cash Performer: Roger Dean Reviewer: Zara Ellis The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars It has been nine years since the death of the ‘man in black’ and Johnny Cash is still encouraging audiences from all over the world. The ‘Ring of Fire’ was definitely set alight this evening at the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-johnny-cash-story-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/kevin-precious-not-appropriate-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/kevin-precious-not-appropriate-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:41:36 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26653 Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Whilst watching Kevin Precious perform his show ‘Not Appropriate’ at Salford’s Lowry Theatre, I felt it safe to assume that during his years as head of religious studies at Ilfield Community College, Crawley, he must have been one of those cool teachers that [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/kevin-precious-not-appropriate-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:41:36 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26555 Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice Director: Bill Kenwright Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars What can you possibly say about Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat that has not been said before? Joseph was the first professional musical theatre show my parents took me to as a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/amateur-thematics-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/amateur-thematics-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:45:20 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26512 Writers: Kieran King, Benny-Jo Zahl, Dave Viney Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Working Verse Collective are Greater Manchester poets Kieren King, Benny-Jo Zahl and Dave Viney. Amateur Thematics is their first group show and the fact that it’s at The Lowry is one they refer to a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/amateur-thematics-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/seann-walsh-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/seann-walsh-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:32:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26163 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Seann Walsh is fast becoming a familiar face to TV comedy viewers, with appearances on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Mock the Week and Russell Howard’s Good News Extra. His first stand-up tour shows why he’s such a fast-rising star. Starting the evening, Romesh [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/seann-walsh-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/greg-davies-firing-cheeseballs-at-a-dog-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/greg-davies-firing-cheeseballs-at-a-dog-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:10:02 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25851 Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars One cannot deny the runaway success that is The Inbetweeners. Three successful series, a box office smashing movie and a possibly dubious US version, it seems everyone wants a piece of this home-grown comedy sensation. One of the best things to come out [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/greg-davies-firing-cheeseballs-at-a-dog-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/strawberry-jack-%e2%80%93-robert-powell-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/strawberry-jack-%e2%80%93-robert-powell-theatre-salford/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:10:01 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26089 Writer/Director: Joe O’Byrne Reviewer: Brian Gorman The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars How does he keep doing it? I ask myself this question every time I have the great pleasure to witness the birth of yet another classic piece of theatre from the mighty Joe O’Byrne. The Bolton-based writer/director/actor unleashed his latest [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/strawberry-jack-%e2%80%93-robert-powell-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-wind-in-the-willows-the-library-theatre-company-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-wind-in-the-willows-the-library-theatre-company-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:01:16 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25693 Writer: Kenneth Graham Adaptor: Alan Bennett Music: Jeremy Sams Director: Chris Horner Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The Library Theatre offers welcome relief from pantos in the festive season with a graceful and moving adaptation of a well-loved tale. Kenneth Graham’s classic story is so well known that [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-wind-in-the-willows-the-library-theatre-company-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-byrne-crowd-pleaser-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-byrne-crowd-pleaser-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:35:46 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25186 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Crowd Pleaser – that’s one heck of a bold title, crying out for reviewers to prove Ed Byrne wrong, giving him one star ratings and any multitude of sarcastic comments. But the name shows confidence, a performer who knows his audience and knows [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-byrne-crowd-pleaser-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ad-hoc-dance-denote-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ad-hoc-dance-denote-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:32:34 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25181 The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Reviewer: Jo Beggs Ad Hoc are the Lowry’s adult community dance company, putting together work in ten-week terms throughout the year and showcasing it in the Studio along with other invited dance companies. This season’s offering from Ad Hoc is Denote, a work inspired by a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ad-hoc-dance-denote-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-nelson-live-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-nelson-live-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:19:21 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=25135 Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Character comedy has all but eclipsed stand-up in the past few years. Everyday language has become littered with the utterings of a whole host of grotesque characters from Vicky Pollard’s ‘Yeah, but no, but yeah’, to Carol Beer’s “Computer says no”. The catchphrases [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-nelson-live-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-snowman-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-snowman-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:17:19 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24953 Writer: Raymond Briggs Music & Lyrics: Howard Blake Director: Bill Alexander Choreography: Robert North Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Based on the 1978 book and the enduringly popular 1982 animated film, this magical stage production of The Snowman premiered in 1993 and has been an annual festive fixture [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-snowman-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/speechless-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/speechless-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:57:13 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24856 Writer: Linda Brogan and Polly Teale Director: Polly Teale Reviewer: Lizzie Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Marjorie Wallace’s book ‘The Silent Twins’ tells the true story of black twins Jennifer and June Gibbons, who, after suffering from racial abuse at their all-white school in Wales, make a pact not to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/speechless-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/bob-geldof-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/bob-geldof-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:50:54 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24764 Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Geldof is a legend. There’s probably nobody over thirty who doesn’t know almost all the words to I Don’t Like Mondays. So it’s something of a surprise that, arriving at the Lowry, this gig isn’t packing out the 1700 seat Lyric auditorium, but [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/bob-geldof-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-the-queen-of-spades-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-the-queen-of-spades-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:58:00 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24713 Writer: Peter llyich Tchaikovsky English Adaptation: by Neil Bartlett & Martin Packar Director: Neil Bartlett Conductor: Richard Farnes Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Lisa ( Orla Boylan) is engaged to Prince Yeletsky ( Jonathan Summers) but loves Herman ( Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts) even though he is her social inferior [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-the-queen-of-spades-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-madame-butterfly-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-madame-butterfly-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:25:44 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24621 Music: Puccini Director: Timm Albery Conductor: Rober Houssar Reviewer: Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Simply put, Opera North’s new production of Puccini’s masterpiece, Madame Butterfly is magnificent. The set, designed by Hildegard Bechtler is not as simplistic as it first seems but is instead complimentary, unfussy and stylised. Sliding [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-madame-butterfly-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/company-chameleon-gameshow-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/company-chameleon-gameshow-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:55:18 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24582 Artistic Directors- Anthony Missen and Kevin Edward Turner Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Whilst adhering to their intentions of exploring mass media and its control over us, something else has happened with Company Chameleon’s Gameshow which totally grabs the audience. They have created a piece that explores the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/company-chameleon-gameshow-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-ruddigore-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-ruddigore-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:44:34 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24521 Writer:William S.Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan Director: Jo Davies Conductor: Timothy Henry Reviewer: Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Murgatroyd baronets are cursed to commit a crime a day or suffer a painful death. To avoid his fate Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (Grant Doyle) adopts the fake identity of Robin Oakapple as [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-ruddigore-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/daniel-sloss-the-joker-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/daniel-sloss-the-joker-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24409 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars It is hard to ignore the age of Daniel Sloss – if only because he keeps remarking on it. Sloss is 21 years old and has the hairstyle of Justin Bieber and the face of Macaulay Culkin . This adds a degree of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/daniel-sloss-the-joker-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joe-mcelderry-classic-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joe-mcelderry-classic-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:41:26 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24367 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Joe McElderry was crowned X Factor winner in 2009, just two years later he found himself winning another TV singing contest, Popstar to Operastar. He released an album of classic songs shortly afterwards and now has a Christmas album about to hit the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/joe-mcelderry-classic-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sing-a-long-a-wicker-man-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sing-a-long-a-wicker-man-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:55:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=24284 Director: Robin Hardy Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Over the past few years, an increasing number of sing-a-long events have popped up over the country. There are a few favourites, such as The Sound of Music, Grease and The Wizard of Oz, but The Wicker Man is not [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/sing-a-long-a-wicker-man-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/martin-simpson-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/martin-simpson-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:46:03 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23988 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Martin Simpson seems out of place in an era where singers require technical assistance to deliver an adequate performance. Alone, with just a single guitar, Simpson conjures up jigs, reels, ballads in waltz time and Dixie melodies. Simpson’s expertise is not used just [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/martin-simpson-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-call-of-cthulhu-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-call-of-cthulhu-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:37:05 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23721 Writer: H.P. Lovecraft Reviewer: Sally Cinnamon The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars First written in 1926 and published in pulp magazines in America, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Call of Cthulhu has been re-imagined for the stage in an hour-long one-man show. As it’s Halloween, the spooky and distorted sound-scape and smoke wafting through [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-call-of-cthulhu-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dreamboats-and-petticoats-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dreamboats-and-petticoats-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:31:35 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23717 Book:Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran Director: Bob Tomson Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The producers of Dreamboats and Petticoats could take for granted that there is an audience for their rock‘n’roll musical. After all, the compilation albums from which the songs are drawn have sold over two million [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dreamboats-and-petticoats-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/high-tease-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/high-tease-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:12:58 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23626 Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Just when I thought the Lowry could not surprise me anymore with its versatility as a venue I walked into the Quays Theatre tonight to see the entire stalls seating had been removed and replaced with tables and chairs! A large undertaking in [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/high-tease-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/a-passion-for-evil-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/a-passion-for-evil-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:09:26 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23606 Writer/Director: John Burns Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Branded the “Wickedest Man in the World” Aleister Crowley is one of the most controversial men of the 20th century. John Burns brings his one man show to Salford’s Lowry to strip away the myths surrounding Crowley and examine the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/a-passion-for-evil-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/in-conversation-with-an-acid-bath-murderer-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/in-conversation-with-an-acid-bath-murderer-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:04:25 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23601 Writer: Nigel Fairs Director: Louise Jameson Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars If you’re looking for something truly chilling to see this Halloween weekend you can’t go far wrong with this true crime tale which tells the story of 1940s serial killer John George Haigh. There’s no doubt that [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/in-conversation-with-an-acid-bath-murderer-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chris-cox-fatal-distraction-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chris-cox-fatal-distraction-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:36:11 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23572 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars It is increasingly common for comedians to spend part of their act responding to written requests submitted in advance. Chris Cox does not read the requests but leaves them in plain view on the stage later distributing them to the audience who communicate [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/chris-cox-fatal-distraction-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-slavas-snowshow-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-slavas-snowshow-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:00:17 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23390 Created and staged by Slava Polunin Reviewer: Jacquie Jones (11) The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars This visually spectacular snowshow is a mixture of clowning and mime. Nine performers create a weird but wonderful world, where the unexpected is not uncommon. There is one main type of character, five appear in the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-slavas-snowshow-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/micky-flanagan-out-out-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/micky-flanagan-out-out-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:56:08 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23255 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Having played the intimate Studio Theatre last year Micky Flanagan returns to the Lowry to play their massive Lyric Theatre. The audience benefits as, in the interim, Flanagan has gained the confidence to drop a support act and carry the whole evening himself. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/micky-flanagan-out-out-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/toby-hadoke-now-i-know-my-bbc-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/toby-hadoke-now-i-know-my-bbc-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:07:48 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23245 Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Toby Hadoke has done a lot for the Manchester comedy scene, as he runs the famous comedy night, XS Malarkey. But tonight, he brings his 2010 Edinburgh solo show to his former stomping ground, Salford. A sequel to his previous show, Moths Ate [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/toby-hadoke-now-i-know-my-bbc-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/captain-murderer-and-the-morecambe-mermaid-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/captain-murderer-and-the-morecambe-mermaid-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:52:30 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23214 Writers: John Barber and Lisa Howard Original Music by: John Newman-Holden Additional Dialogue by: Charles Dickens Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Although promoted as a burlesque ‘Captain Murderer and the Morecambe Mermaid’ owns as much to the tradition of the shabby end of the pier or tatty fairground [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/captain-murderer-and-the-morecambe-mermaid-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/somewhere-down-the-road-ralph-mcttell-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/somewhere-down-the-road-ralph-mcttell-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:42:50 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23196 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The Lowry audience clearly love Ralph McTell. They share his reminisces about past performances in Manchester and sing along unprompted. The affection is mutual: McTell shapes his set list at Saturday’s show around requests sent in advance. The result is a warm atmosphere [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/somewhere-down-the-road-ralph-mcttell-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-hurst-man-v-woman-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-hurst-man-v-woman-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:48:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23130 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Lee Hurst has a tremendous rapport with his audience and an astonishing ability to deliver great lines off the cuff. Which is just as well because the whole of the second half of his first show for ten years consists of responding to, [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lee-hurst-man-v-woman-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/b-o-g-o-f-well-groomed-granny-must-die-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/b-o-g-o-f-well-groomed-granny-must-die-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:36:37 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23111 Writer: Ian Townsend Director: Sean Ashworth & Chloe Lang Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars Billed as ‘Two plays for the price of one” this double bill of one act comedies starts well. The entire cast burst onto the stage celebrating a wedding. Jack and Cash have just tied [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/b-o-g-o-f-well-groomed-granny-must-die-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-gormans-powerpoint-presentation-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-gormans-powerpoint-presentation-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:49:27 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23073 Reviewer: Kate Cotterell The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Having met (& embarrassed myself in front of) Dave Gorman on an Edinburgh Street this summer, I was eagerly anticipating his new tour ‘Dave Gorman’s Powerpoint Presentation’ – which stopped off at Manchester last night, in a two month run from Portsmouth to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-gormans-powerpoint-presentation-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shylock-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shylock-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:14:28 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23068 Writer: Gareth Armstrong Director: Guy Masterson Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The character of Shylock dominates Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’. Shylock’s motivation and backstory are spelt out in a relatively limited number of evocative and powerful speeches. Shakespeare is such a good storyteller that you wonder if [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shylock-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/frisky-mannish-pop-centre-plus-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/frisky-mannish-pop-centre-plus-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:01:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23063 Reviewer: Matthew Nichols The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Since their explosion on to the comedy scene a few years ago, Frisky and Mannish (or, to give them their Sunday names, Laura Corcoran and Matthew Jones, respectively) have become Edinburgh fringe darlings, and toured internationally to much acclaim. Previous outings School Of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/frisky-mannish-pop-centre-plus-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-haunted-bride-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-haunted-bride-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:06:40 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22950 Writers: Charles Dickens and John Goodrum Director: John Goodrum Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Charles Dickens arguably wrote the most famous ghost story in the world, A Christmas Carol. But he didn’t stop there. Although he may be more famous for his epic works of fiction, he could [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-haunted-bride-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/happy-as-larry-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/happy-as-larry-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:26:45 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22888 Artistic Director/Choreographer: Shaun Parker Composers: Nick Wales & Bree van Reyk Designer: Adam Gardnir Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Happy As Larry is an exploration of happiness – its source and meaning – by Australian choreographer Shaun Parker. Fun, innovative and occasionally thrilling, the show creates a successful [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/happy-as-larry-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-overtones-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-overtones-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:02:35 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22955 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars With a platinum selling album ‘Good Ol Fashioned Love’ (and a new edition out) in the UK charts, all five members of The Overtones – Timmy, Lachie, Mark, Darren and Mike – seem delighted to be playing to a busy Lowry. I thought [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-overtones-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/penny-dreadful%e2%80%99s-etherdome-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/penny-dreadful%e2%80%99s-etherdome-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:43:01 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22625 Writer: Bernadette Russell Director: Mick Barnfather Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Like many medical finds, anaesthetic had origins in the easy buck side-show vendors of late 19th century America. Some of our most coveted modern day refreshments, medicines and inventions were born from the charm and engaging pedalling [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/penny-dreadful%e2%80%99s-etherdome-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-man-two-guvnors-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-man-two-guvnors-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:36:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22495 Writer: Richard Bean Music and Songs: Grant Olding Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars On the run from the law in 1960s Britain Rachael (Jemima Roper) adopts the identity of her late gangster twin brother Roscoe. To maintain the deception she must go through with a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-man-two-guvnors-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/roll-out-the-beryl-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/roll-out-the-beryl-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:12:54 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22387 Writer: Elaine Pantling Director: Isabel Ford Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars A quirky show reveals an insight into the world of the late great British comedy actress Beryl Reid. In a one woman show, Elaine Pantling brings warmth and good (mainly) clean British humour to the Lowry. The [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/roll-out-the-beryl-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-no-9-bus-to-utopia-%e2%80%93-the-studio-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-no-9-bus-to-utopia-%e2%80%93-the-studio-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:40:11 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22339 Writer: Dr David Bramwell Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars We are told at the beginning of this show that we the audience would experience a little bit of theatre, some comedy and a lecture complete with slideshow. Not since school had I been to a lecture, but unlike [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-no-9-bus-to-utopia-%e2%80%93-the-studio-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/narcissus-and-echo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/narcissus-and-echo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:41:12 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22146 Composer: Anja Djordjevic Director: Chris Hill Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Narcissus and Echo is the third work produced by Milan Govedarica in development with the Lowry. His two previous works were both comedies. This Narcissus and Echo – the familiar tragic tale of obsession – is a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/narcissus-and-echo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hal-cruttenden-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hal-cruttenden-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:22:21 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=22011 Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars A balmy October evening sees Jonathan Mayor opening for Hal Cruttenden in the warm studio space with a varied audience ready to be entertained. Jonathan is a mixed race Indian White man who is as camp as Christmas and twice as glittery and [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hal-cruttenden-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/two-brothers-and-one-world-cup-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/two-brothers-and-one-world-cup-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:01:25 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21955 Writer: Zach Lee Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Mickey and Jimmy Ryder (Emanon Flemming and Zach Lee who also wrote the play) perform as The Vindaloo Brothers (‘The worse band you’ve never heard of’). Their act comprises covers of those awful songs that are cranked out to make [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/two-brothers-and-one-world-cup-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-the-way-home-the-library-theatre-company-at-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-the-way-home-the-library-theatre-company-at-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:45:50 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21864 Writer: Ayub Khan-Din Director: Mark Babych Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars The combination of popular Salford playwright, Ayub Khan-Din (East is East, 1999) and the highly respected Library Theatre Company suggests a five star review might be something of a foregone conclusion. Reputation and expectation aside, All The [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-the-way-home-the-library-theatre-company-at-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 5 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/just-one-day-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/just-one-day-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:46:18 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21835 Writer: Catherine Kay Director: Helen Parry Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars When Girl 29 is drug-raped, the impact on her and the people around her is huge. Happy Theatre Collective’s production looks at a group of friends and demonstrates how sexual violence can affect the individual, friends and [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/just-one-day-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/top-hat-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/top-hat-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:52:13 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21717 Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Matthew White & Howard Jacobs Director: Matthew White Reviewer: John Roberts The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Based on the RKO Motion Picture of the same name and originally starring the formidable dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, it was only going to be a matter [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/top-hat-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 3 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-angels-dance-theatre-chapter-one-battle-for-the-soul-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-angels-dance-theatre-chapter-one-battle-for-the-soul-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:38:48 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21700 Artistic Director: Paul Bayes Kitcher Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Fallen Angels Dance Theatre is a process-led, issue-based company based in the North West and led by Artistic Director and former Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer Paul Bayes Kitcher. Chapter One: Battle for the Soul is an exploration of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/fallen-angels-dance-theatre-chapter-one-battle-for-the-soul-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-boy-with-tape-on-his-face-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-boy-with-tape-on-his-face-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:27:18 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21670 Creator: Sam Wills Reviewer: Cathy Crabb The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars A one word summary of The Boy With Tape On His Face would be – delightful. And I am not going to ruin your future experience of this show by detailing it. If you seek it out you will be [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-boy-with-tape-on-his-face-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/piff-last-of-the-magic-dragons-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/piff-last-of-the-magic-dragons-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:05:05 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21591 Writer: John van der Put Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars John van der Put, the current Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year has created a character in Piff the Magic Dragon that appeals to both children and adults alike, but be warned Piff does not do [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/piff-last-of-the-magic-dragons-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rambert-dance-company-seven-for-a-secret-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rambert-dance-company-seven-for-a-secret-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:01:56 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21444 Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Rambert’s annual autumn visit to the Lowry is tinged with a real air of excitement. In the past few years they have never failed to wow the audience with a trio of works from their extraordinary repertoire. So it was with some disappointment [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/rambert-dance-company-seven-for-a-secret-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-are-three-sisters-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-are-three-sisters-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:03:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21389 Writer: Blake Morrison Director: Barrie Rutter Reviewer: Sally Cinnamon The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Chekhov borrowed from the Brontë’s lives when he wrote Three Sisters and Blake Morrison borrowed from Chekhov when he sat down to write We Are Three Sister. There are echoes of the Russian’s work throughout the four-act [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/we-are-three-sisters-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-best-of-the-be-festival-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-best-of-the-be-festival-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:02:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21298 Think Fish Part 1 by cieLaroque (Austria) Choreographer: Helene Weinzierl Performed by Yuri Korec and Emil Pis Music Composed by Oliver Stotz Dis-moi lavérité(Tell me the truth) by Autour Du Mime Company ( France) Devised and performed by Sara Mangano and Pierre-Yves Massip El Desierto by Move to Stand Theatre Company ( UK) Devised by [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-best-of-the-be-festival-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-19th-september-2011/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-19th-september-2011/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:01:31 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21211 Books are everywhere at the moment. The Guardian have started their big autumn book swap, literature’s heavyweights are battling it out for the Man Booker Prize and the lauded, star-packed adaptation of John le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy has hit the nation’s cinemas. Theatre is in on the literary action too, with this week’s [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/what%e2%80%99s-hot-%e2%80%93-19th-september-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edward-aczel-doesnt-exist-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edward-aczel-doesnt-exist-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:35:58 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21217 Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Edward Aczel has had his fair share of exposure in the comedy world. He featured one of Jimmy Carr’s DVDs and won the Malcolm Hardee award in 2008. Unfortunately tonight the comedy-savvy of the Greater Manchester area have flocked to Russell Kane, who [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/edward-aczel-doesnt-exist-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jack-whitehall-lets-not-speak-of-this-again-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jack-whitehall-lets-not-speak-of-this-again-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:43:55 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21191 Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Having earned his stripes with sell-out shows at Edinburgh Festival and as a regular on Channel 4′s ’8 Out of 10 Cats’, Jack Whitehall has officially shed his ‘newcomer’ status and taken up his rightful position as a fully-fledged comedian – at the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jack-whitehall-lets-not-speak-of-this-again-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/candoco-dance-company-turning-20-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/candoco-dance-company-turning-20-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:37:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21082 Co-artistic Directors: Stine Nilson and Pedro Machado Choreography: Rachid Ouramdane, Matthias Sperling, Trisha Brown and the Candoco dancers. Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Candoco Dance Company are celebrating twenty years of existence with this anniversary tour – a tour that is as much looking to the future as [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/candoco-dance-company-turning-20-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-unthanks-with-brighouse-and-rastrick-brass-band-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-unthanks-with-brighouse-and-rastrick-brass-band-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:43:22 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21030 Reviewer: Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars A 30-piece Brass band? English folk music? It shouldn’t work as collaboration but it does and it works magnificently well. The Unthanks; Becky and Rachel Unthank, Adrian McNally, Niopha Keegan and Chris Price are joined on stage by the National Brass Champions of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-unthanks-with-brighouse-and-rastrick-brass-band-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-meredith%e2%80%99s-night-of-gaiety-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-meredith%e2%80%99s-night-of-gaiety-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:35:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20913 Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Song and dance, acrobatics and fire eating, hula hooping and a big old dollop of nudge-nudge, wink-wink innuendo – put it all together and you have Mister Meredith’s Night of Gaiety. The variety of the evening was its strong point as well as [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/mr-meredith%e2%80%99s-night-of-gaiety-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/peacock-and-gamble-emergency-broadcast-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/peacock-and-gamble-emergency-broadcast-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:20:24 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20903 Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars For the last couple of years, comedians Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble have been doing a weekly podcast, which had both been nominated for a Chortle award and listed in the Guardian’s top ten funniest podcasts. Unfortunately, word of how funny these guys [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/peacock-and-gamble-emergency-broadcast-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-das-rheingold-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-das-rheingold-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:21:15 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20899 Music & Libretto: Richard Wagner Conductor: Richard Farnes Reviewer: Iain Sykes The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Opera North’s one a year concert performance of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle began its Salford leg at the Lowry Theatre with the production of the cycle’s preliminaries, Das Rheingold. Running at two and a half hours [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/opera-north-das-rheingold-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:31:22 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20854 Reviewer: Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has been playing to sell-out audiences the world over since 1985. Now in their 26th year, the winsome ensemble from varying backgrounds, clear in their musical tastes, play clever, jaw-dropping rearrangements of popular classics; Born to be [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-ukulele-orchestra-of-great-britain-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/monkey-poet-double-bill-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/monkey-poet-double-bill-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:01:43 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20840 Writer/Performer: Matt Panesh Director: Julia Nelson Reviewer: Sally Cinnamon The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars It’s praise indeed to The Lowry Studio’s programmer and their fierce determination to support interesting and unusual theatre that on offer this evening is a double bill which fuses theatre, poetry and stand up. Monkey Poet aka [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/monkey-poet-double-bill-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dancing-shoes-the-george-best-story-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dancing-shoes-the-george-best-story-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:27:34 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20672 Writers: Marie Jones & Martin Lynch Music & Lyrics: JJ Gilmour & Pat Gribben Director: Peter Sheridan Reviewer: Iain Sykes The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars From certain points of Salford’s Lowry Theatre, looking across the waters of the Manchester Ship Canal, the Old Trafford home of Manchester United dominates the skyline. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dancing-shoes-the-george-best-story-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 4 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-because-of-molly-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-because-of-molly-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:12:34 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20595 Writer: Paul Ferguson Director: James Baker Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Girlie girl Jaime and tomboy Casey bond over their dislike of the primary school bully, Molly. All Because Of Molly follows their unlikely friendship past graduation, taking in secondary school, dating, drinking, university life and other rites [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/all-because-of-molly-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elastic-bridge-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elastic-bridge-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:45:39 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20004 Writers: Eddie Fortune, Rosie MacPherson, John James Tomlinson Reviewer: Iain Sykes The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Elastic Bridge, the play written and performed by the Strawberry Blonde Curls trio of Eddie Fortune, Rosie MacPherson and John James Tomlinson, explores what happens when three strangers coincidentally all turn up on the same [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elastic-bridge-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/answering-to-the-governor-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/answering-to-the-governor-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:38:43 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19125 Writer/Director: John Hoyle Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars ‘Answering to the Governor’ feels more like a work in progress than a finished play. Writer/ director John Hoyle concentrates on putting forward his ideas and arguments rather than developing a credible structure or believable characters. A catholic primary school [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/answering-to-the-governor-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-mr-stink-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-mr-stink-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:42:50 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18962 Writer: David Walliams Music: Matt Brind Director: Matthew White Reviewer: Phoebe Patrick aged 9 The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars I was very excited about going to watch Mr Stink as I have read the book and found it to be very funny but also a little sad as well. I was [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/childs-eye-view-mr-stink-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hairy-pretty-things-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hairy-pretty-things-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:12:24 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18904 Writer: Luke Meredith, Elliot Mason and David Somerset Barnes Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Edinburgh Fringe hit show Hairy Pretty Things – as seen at The Lowry – was lacking one major thing: an audience. The Lowry Studio was no more than a quarter full, which is a [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/hairy-pretty-things-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/carlos-acostapremieres-plus-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/carlos-acostapremieres-plus-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:29:03 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18704 Choreography: Will Tuckett, Miguel Altunaga, Yuri Yanowsky, Russell Maliphant, Kim Brandstrup, Simon Elliott, Edwaard Liang, Carlos Acosta, George Céspedes and Zenaida Yanowsky Conceived and Directed: Carlos Acosta Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Carlos Acosta is one of the leading male dancers of his generation. Having grown up in [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/carlos-acostapremieres-plus-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 5 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/burlesque-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/burlesque-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:59:03 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18561 Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The Slippery Belle’s Burlesque! shows run in Leeds, Manchester and Huddersfield every month, presenting a changing cast of singers, dancers, magicians and acrobats. Tonight the naughtiness comes to an unrecognisable Quays Theatre transformed into a hazy cabaret bar. With the mysterious absence of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/burlesque-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/deirdre-and-me-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/deirdre-and-me-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:36:21 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18550 Writer: Rachel Halliwell Director: Louisa Fitzgerald Reviewer: Iain Sykes The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Deirdre and Me, Rachel Halliwell’s debut play, aims to show what happens when enthusiastic fan crosses the line into obsessive fan. In this one hour, one woman show, Halliwell herself plays Susan White, the number one fan [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/deirdre-and-me-%e2%80%93-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/welcome-to-wherever-i-am-an-evening-with-dom-joly-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/welcome-to-wherever-i-am-an-evening-with-dom-joly-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:35:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18355 Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Joly is well known for his TV series Trigger Happy TV which was a spoof hidden camera show which saw Joly and Co crawling across pelican crossings dressed as a giant snail, giant grey squirrels making random appearances and of course, the Nokia [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/welcome-to-wherever-i-am-an-evening-with-dom-joly-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-frog-prince-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-frog-prince-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:43:41 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18302 Director and Designer: Rachel Riggs Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Taking its version of the story from Terry Jones’ The Frog Prince and Other Peculiar Tales, this one woman show is a witty retelling using masks, shadows, puppets and a physical performance. Liz Fitzgerald Taylor performs the entire [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-frog-prince-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-life-and-death-of-marina-abramovic-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-life-and-death-of-marina-abramovic-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:37:54 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18358 Director : Robert Wilson Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic’ is the much anticipated theatre collaboration between director Robert Wilson and performance artist ‘Marina Abramovic’, premiering at this year’s Manchester International Festival. This production won’t be to everyone’s tastes. Some who are [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-life-and-death-of-marina-abramovic-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elvis-costello-%e2%80%93-they-call-her-natasha-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elvis-costello-%e2%80%93-they-call-her-natasha-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:15:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18268 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Amid a series of puns and in-jokes based on song titles a narrator (Michael Weston King) tells the story of Elsie Costello whose life parallels that of Elvis Costello. Eventually it is revealed that Elsie is actually Natasha – a fan so obsessive [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/elvis-costello-%e2%80%93-they-call-her-natasha-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tag-team-studio-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tag-team-studio-salford/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:47:55 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=18205 Writer: Ian Winterton Director: Matthew Gould Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘Tag Team’ is a startlingly original look at modern attitudes towards sex. A script that combines insight with wit and performances that charm offset the potential offensiveness of the subject (and its graphic realisation). Jack the lad [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tag-team-studio-salford/feed/ 0