http://www.thepublicreviews.com Theatre reviews for you, by you. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:56 +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/kin-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/kin-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:47:16 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27556 Writer/Director: Donna Rutherford Reviewer: Lizzie Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Donna Rutherford’s piece explores changing relationships between middle-aged children and their parents. Combining live monologues and filmed interviews, the show is a touching and anecdotal look at how familial relationships are affected by aging. The interviews with performers Tim Ingram [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/kin-the-lowry-theatre-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/an-inspector-calls-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/an-inspector-calls-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:53:31 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=27365 Director: Stephen Daldry Music: Stephen Warbeck Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Almost fifteen years since I studied An Inspector Calls at school myself, another generation of teenagers cram giddily into The Lowry to do the same – a testament to both the longevity of J.B. Priestly’s original story [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/an-inspector-calls-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/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/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/how-to-get-almost-anyone-to-want-to-sleep-with-you-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/how-to-get-almost-anyone-to-want-to-sleep-with-you-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:36:44 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=26946 Writer: by Deborah Frances-White. Reviewer: Julie Burrow The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars According to her website, Deborah Frances-White is a stand-up comedian, writer and executive coach, and brings all of these skills together for this show, which tutors men and women on how to become more attractive to the opposite sex. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/how-to-get-almost-anyone-to-want-to-sleep-with-you-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/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/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/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/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/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/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/circa-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/circa-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:08:47 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23930 Created by: Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble Artistic Director: Yaron Lifschitz Associate Director: Ben Knapton Reviewer: Lucy Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Contemporary circus as a genre has seen an unprecedented rise in its popularity since the 1980s. Cirque du Soliel’s annual income is estimated to be a staggering [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/circa-%e2%80%93-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/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/tony-hawkes-random-fun-the-lowry-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tony-hawkes-random-fun-the-lowry-manchester/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:02:43 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=23506 Writer: Tony Hawks Reviewed by Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The stage set-up makes clear that Tony Hawks is not going to restrict himself to performing stand-up. Equipment includes a projection screen, keyboards, guitar, a frail music stand and a roped-off VIP area. The last item has no actual [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tony-hawkes-random-fun-the-lowry-manchester/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/charlie-bangers-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/charlie-bangers-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:25:13 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=21562 Writer: Chris Leicester Director: Chris Leicester Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Parents occasionally remark that their new-born child has an ‘old soul’. Adrian (Gray Hughes) goes further – believing that his child is the reincarnation of his deceased father. The exploitation of this belief leads to Adrian becoming [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/charlie-bangers-the-lowry-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/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/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/i%e2%80%99m-sorry-i-haven%e2%80%99t-a-clue-%e2%80%93-live-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/i%e2%80%99m-sorry-i-haven%e2%80%99t-a-clue-%e2%80%93-live-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:54:38 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=20652 Music: Colin Sell Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars For decades the team on the Radio 4 gameshow/quiz ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue‘have been given silly things to do by a laconic chair. Surprisingly it has taken ages for this successful programme with an established fan base to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/i%e2%80%99m-sorry-i-haven%e2%80%99t-a-clue-%e2%80%93-live-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/death-row-diva-%e2%80%93-the-final-account-of-crimson-skye-lowry-manchester/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/death-row-diva-%e2%80%93-the-final-account-of-crimson-skye-lowry-manchester/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:15:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=19658 Written and Performed by Crimson Skye Reviewed by Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars In an effort to persuade serial killer Crimson Skye to contemplate her crimes a prison psychiatrist suggests that she retain a memento. So she keeps the severed head of her lover, Ed (severed Ed- geddit ?). [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/death-row-diva-%e2%80%93-the-final-account-of-crimson-skye-lowry-manchester/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/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/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/three-bonzos-and-a-piano-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/three-bonzos-and-a-piano-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:35:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17750 Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Made up of, amongst others, former members of 1960’s group The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Three Bonzos and a Piano enters into the spirit of the original Bonzo’s and as a well meant tribute, attempts to recreate the outlandish, slightly surreal and barking [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/three-bonzos-and-a-piano-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cabaret-whore-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cabaret-whore-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:32:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17745 Writer: Sarah-Louise Young Music: Michael Roulston Reviewer: Jo Beggs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Who knows what the real Sarah-Louise Young is like? In her one-woman show Cabaret Whore she inhabits six characters so convincingly and with such passion that the girl inside is impossible to pin down. This is character [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/cabaret-whore-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-big-smoke-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-big-smoke-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:21:23 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17673 Creators: Theatre Ad Infintum Director: Nir Paldi Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Theatre Ad Infintum’s ‘The Big Smoke’ is a moving and poignant tale of one woman’s on-going battle against mental illness culminating in her eventual suicide. Directed by Nir Paldi and performed by Amy Nostbakken, this remarkable [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-big-smoke-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/alan-price-in-concert-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/alan-price-in-concert-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:58:44 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17553 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars On stage Alan Price adopts the persona of a Geordie ‘Marvin the Paranoid Android’, bemoaning that, at 69, he cannot afford to retire but is forced to tour. This approach allows him to poke fun at – even apologise for- those songs that, [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/alan-price-in-concert-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oh-mary-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oh-mary-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:13:06 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17533 Text: Anna Murphy Music: Dalla and Radjel Director: Simon Harvey Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars For the crime of stealing a bonnet Mary Bryant is transported to Botany Bay. On the voyage she gives birth to her daughter and marries. When the abuses of the penal colony prove [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/oh-mary-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spring-awakening-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spring-awakening-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:36:49 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17432 Music: Duncan Sheik Book & Lyrics: Steven Sater Director: Pete Gallagher Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Based on the controversial 1891 German play of the same name by Frank Wedekind, new rock musical Spring Awakening was showered with awards during its two year Broadway run and won excellent [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/spring-awakening-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slaughterhouse-live-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slaughterhouse-live-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:22:21 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17255 Writers: Gary Morris, Martin Pemberton, Steve Royle and Andrew Wilson Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Slaughterhouse Live have an unconventional way of telling jokes. Instead of just being the end of a tale punchlines are represented by characters or become the climax to a sketch. This approach may [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/slaughterhouse-live-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-coppelia-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-coppelia-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:55:28 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17241 Music: Léo Delibes Choreography: Marius Petipa, Enrico Cecchetti and Peter Wright Production: Peter Wright Artistic Director: David Bintley Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Coppélia was created in 1870 at the Paris Opéra and is arguably the last ballet in the great Romantic tradition. It is the story of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/birmingham-royal-ballet-coppelia-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/wine-women-and-song-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/wine-women-and-song-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:32:04 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17097 Featuring Gretchen Peters, Suzy Bogguss and Matraca Berg Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars ‘Wine, Women and Song’ offers a UK audience the chance to hear three Country and Western singers who may otherwise not have been able to tour this nation. The show offers value for money but [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/wine-women-and-song-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:00:03 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=17064 Creators: The National Black Light Theatre of Prague Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars The National Black Light Theatre of Prague use the legend of notorious fantasist Baron Munchausen as a loose narrative upon which to hang a series of spectacular and occasionally bizarre illusions. Dr Parker, head of [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 3 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/avenue-q-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/avenue-q-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:38:13 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16948 Music: Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Witty Director: Jason Moore with Evan Ensign Reviewer: Stephanie Rowe The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars The sun is shining it’s a lovely day…and it has only got better after seeing Avenue Q at the Lowry Theatre tonight. Coming to the end of its [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/avenue-q-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/verve-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/verve-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:03:01 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16930 Artistic Director: Gurmit Hukam Choreography: Thomas Noone, Charles Linehan, Debora Johnson and Ben Wright Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Verve is the postgraduate performance company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Each year they audition and pick the best of the year’s graduates and take them out [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/verve-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/harlem-gospel-choir-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/harlem-gospel-choir-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 10:49:39 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16885 MC: Allen Bailey Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Originating in the black churches of the USA, Gospel is a well-recognised and much loved form of music. Formed in Harlem’s Cotton Club in 1986 by Allen Bailey whilst attending a celebration in honour of Martin Luther King, the Harlem [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/harlem-gospel-choir-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jason-manford-and-friends-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jason-manford-and-friends-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 10:40:29 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16876 Reviewer: Ruth Lovett The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Sunday 29 May 2011 – Jason Manford descends on the Lowry Theatre with some pals to raise money for Joseph Jack Waldeck (www.jasonandjoe.co.uk); a 4 year old with autism and the purpose of the gig is to raise money pay for the care [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jason-manford-and-friends-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-chalk-giants-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-chalk-giants-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 15:26:57 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16834 Produced by: Norwich Puppet Theatre Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Based on the fairytales of Jack and the Beanstalk and Jack the Giant Killer, this short and interactive performance by Norwich Puppet Theatre has much to recommend it but is, overall, a little hit and miss. Telling Jack’s [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-chalk-giants-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jon-allen-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jon-allen-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 10:11:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16625 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘Blood on the Tracks’ and ‘Pirates’ are just two of many albums inspired by the break-up of a relationship. Singer/ songwriter Jon Allen adds ‘Sweet Defeat’ to the list. As he is touring to promote this album it is inevitable that his concerts [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/jon-allen-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ballet-central-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ballet-central-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 10:25:33 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16593 Artistic Director: William Glassman Choreography: Christopher Hampson, Christopher Gable, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Phillip Aiden, Helgi Tomasson, Kenrick Sandy, Nellie Happee, Christopher Bruce, Christopher Marney Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Ballet Central is the touring company of Central School of Ballet. Each year they take final year students out [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ballet-central-2011-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-lady-in-the-van-the-lowry-theatre-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-lady-in-the-van-the-lowry-theatre-salford/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 09:50:53 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16441 Writer: Alan Bennett Director: Sarah Esdaile Reviewer: Ian Winterton The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars “Old ladies are my bread and butter,” muses Alan Bennett, pensive middle-aged man, to Alan Bennett, detached and oft cynical playwright, both characters in this play by Alan Bennett. This enjoyably surreal set-up, a device enabling Bennett [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-lady-in-the-van-the-lowry-theatre-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tango-fire-%e2%80%93-flames-of-desire-at-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tango-fire-%e2%80%93-flames-of-desire-at-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 10:29:32 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16379 Music: Quatrotango Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars The rise in popularity of all dance forms has no doubt been boosted by shows such as So You Think You Can Dance and Strictly Come Dancing. Without the latter it would be difficult to imagine a show like Tango Fire [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/tango-fire-%e2%80%93-flames-of-desire-at-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/yes-prime-minister-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/yes-prime-minister-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 19:16:42 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16181 Writer: Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn Director: Jonathan Lynn Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Ironically it was a prime minister who said that ‘events’ were the thing to be most feared. Yes, Prime Minister was a television show that made politics both interesting and amusing. In its heyday [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/yes-prime-minister-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dylan-moranyeah-yeah-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dylan-moranyeah-yeah-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 10:21:55 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=16012 Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Dylan Moran is not a topical comedian but there are some news items that are just too big to ignore. Although he feels obliged to open his new show with a routine about the Royal Wedding and the death of Osama bin Laden [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dylan-moranyeah-yeah-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 1 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:25:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15899 Director: Bim Mason Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Green Eyed Zero state they fuse contemporary circus, physical theatre and digital media to create an imaginative spectacle. Whilst this might not be to everyone’s taste, Folie a Deux is certainly an imaginative piece. The basic plot is set around [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/folie-a-deux-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pappy%e2%80%99s-all-business-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pappy%e2%80%99s-all-business-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:06:48 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15817 Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ‘If’ Comedy nominees and Chortle Comedy award winners ‘Pappys’ are currently touring their 2010 Edinburgh sketch show ‘Pappy’s All Business’ around the UK.  The last couple of years have seen many changes to the ‘Pappy’s’ dynamic namely that the troupe has downsized to [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/pappy%e2%80%99s-all-business-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shauns-big-show-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shauns-big-show-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:48:07 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15764 Director/ Adaptor: David Wood Choreographer: Bill Deamer Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Calibre Productions working with Director/ Adaptor David Wood have brought Aardman Animations’ popular character to the stage in a ‘music and dance extravaganza’. There is a lot of music, there is a lot of dance but [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/shauns-big-show-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/midnight-tango-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/midnight-tango-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:21:24 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15745 Director: Karen Bruce Choreography: Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace Reviewer: Peter Jacobs The Public Reviews Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Midnight Tango is the first theatrical show by leading UK and former World Argentine Tango Show champions – and one of the most likeable professional couples on Strictly Come Dancing – Flavia Cacace and [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/midnight-tango-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 2 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lenny-henry-from-cradle-to-rave-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lenny-henry-from-cradle-to-rave-the-lowry-salford/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:59:37 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15732 Writer: Lenny Henry and Jon Canter Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars It is common for comedians to use their life experiences as the basis of their material. Few would, however, go so far as Lenny Henry and base an entire show on a single aspect of their life. [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/lenny-henry-from-cradle-to-rave-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:32:22 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15684 Reviewer: Malcolm Wallace The Public Reviews Rating: 5 out of 5 stars For thirty seven years Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo, or the Trocks, have been wowing audiences across the world with their distinctive and affectionate satire on both traditional and modern ballet and this current UK tour surely cannot be bettered. I defy [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-%e2%80%93-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-sorcerer-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-sorcerer-the-lowry-salford/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:00:28 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15597 Writer: Gilbert and Sullivan Director: Jeff Clarke Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Opera della Luna treat their source material with affection and respect. As a result their adaptations, although always inventive and sometimes startling, retain the integrity of the originals. The Sorcerer is an early work of Gilbert [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/the-sorcerer-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-spikey-words-dont-come-easy-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-spikey-words-dont-come-easy-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:14:41 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15532 Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Although perhaps best known as Peter Kay’s sidekick and co-writer of the popular TV series, Phoenix Nights, Dave Spikey has been on the comedy circuit since the early 90s. Words Don’t Come Easy is his fifth UK tour , apparently conceived following the [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/dave-spikey-words-dont-come-easy-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-little-word-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-little-word-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:33:14 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15522 Writer/Director: Andy Manley Music: Tayo Akinbode Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating: 3 out of 5 stars ‘One Little Word’ by M6 Theatre Company has a unique theatrical concept. Running at 30 minutes, only one five letter word is spoken during this time; for the remainder of the show audience engagement is held through [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/one-little-word-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/once-in-a-house-on-fire-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/once-in-a-house-on-fire-the-lowry-salford/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:29:10 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15273 Writer:  Sarah McDonald Hughes from the memoir by Andrea Ashworth Director: Martin Gibbons Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Monkeywood Theatre’s first adaptation is an ambitious and harrowing look at a family torn by internal strife over a period of decades. Caring but inadequate mother Lorraine (Francesca Waite) is attracted to abusive [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/once-in-a-house-on-fire-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0 http://www.thepublicreviews.com/andrew-lawrence-too-ugly-for-television-the-lowry-salford/ http://www.thepublicreviews.com/andrew-lawrence-too-ugly-for-television-the-lowry-salford/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:08:51 +0000 The Public Reviews http://www.thepublicreviews.com/?p=15118 Reviewer: Poppy Helm The Public Reviews Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Andrew Lawrence may not yet be the biggest name on the comedy circuit but tonight’s gig in Salford suggests he is certainly on the right path, albeit stomping down it angrily with a routine he admits is about ‘getting it all of my [...]]]> http://www.thepublicreviews.com/andrew-lawrence-too-ugly-for-television-the-lowry-salford/feed/ 0