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Writer: Harold Pinter Director: Polly Goss Reviewer: Tracey Lowe The Public Reviews Rating: Monologue is not one of Pinter’s better-known plays. First performed on television nearly thirty years ago, it is one man’s parting words to his dead friend following his funeral. Disgruntled and downbeat, The Man finally sees an opportunity to tell all about his unrequited affection [...]

Writer: Dominic Cooke Music: Arun Ghosh Director: Amy Leach Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: The Library Theatre Company have once again brought their Christmas show to the Lowry and this year it is a treat for the senses. Arabian Nights is based upon the book of collated stories from South and West Asia compiled in the tenth [...]

The Band: Steve Gibbons (vocals, guitar and harmonica), PJ Wright (slide and electric guitars, pedal steel), Gerry Conway (drums and percussion), Phil Bond (keyboards and accordion) and Dave Pegg (bass) Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Bob Dylan changes the way he performs his songs with bewildering regularly. This makes it pretty much impossible for a tribute [...]

Reviewer: Julie Burrow The Public Reviews Rating: Al Murray has an epic task ahead of him not only has he got to continue the great British traditions and now even more epic, to save the world. Murray’s usual deceptively well-crafted ‘drunken’ ramblings stretch from European economics to the current trend in ladies’, erm, fashions. And he attacks each [...]

Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: Having seen Mr Evans on a number of television shows it was a pleasure to witness Simon Evans as a solo. This charming well mannered gentleman who longs for a time past where men were men and TV and pop culture did not rule our every desire is out on the [...]

Reviewer: Paul Downham The Public Reviews Rating: The description for this evenings show reads “What if I’m one of the guys who never has a baby? Why is this not a ‘male subject’? I plan to give birth, live on stage, then raise it – in front of you. Come along!” Not your usual copy for a [...]

Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: A gig by Janice Connolly, in her Barbara Nice persona, is surprisingly like ‘The Rocky Horror Show’. The similarities are not in content but rather atmosphere. Both require a great deal of audience participation and involve ritualised call and response routines that can be bewildering for the uninitiated. Mrs Nice introduces [...]

Director: Jude Kelly Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: World renowned Flamenco artist Paco Peña’s Quimeras receives a standing ovation at The Lowry for its story of a group of African migrants in Spain, trying to make a better life. However, it is the narrative which fails this display of superb skill. The narrative is sketchy, with [...]