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Reviewer: Clare Boswell The Public Reviews Rating:   Dara O’Briain certainly has to be one of the busiest comedians working in the UK at the moment. As well as heading up TV shows ‘Mock the Week’ and ‘The Apprentice You’re Fired’, O’Briain is also currently embarking upon a gruelling UK tour culminating in a 5-day run at [...]

Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: The last time I saw a variety show the theatre was half full and the atmosphere accordingly somewhat lacking. Thankfully, High Tease at The Lowry appeared to be very nearly sold out, with cabaret tables bustling and an eager audience. Dusty Limits was the perfect host right from the start, setting [...]

Choreographer: Hofesh Schechter Reviewer Lucia Cox The Public Reviews Rating: Hofesh Schecter has a string of nominations, awards and accolades as long as your arm and then some and all rightly deserved. The choreographer has had work commissioned, has been courted by the press and is adored by worldwide audiences. His work is something of an [...]

Writer/Director/Producer: Stephanie Pearce Composer: Kristian Pilling Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: CRIS works with young people, creating projects for communities. Its project this year with the young people of Salford is Dock’s Law, a tale about two lads growing up in the shadow of the Salford docks, moving to working in them, and ultimately to [...]

Writer: Briony O’Callaghan Director: Briony O’Callaghan Reviewer: Lizzie Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: Honey Blood is Hot Salt Theatre’s third production, but first by actor Briony O’Callaghan who took on writing and directing roles for this ambitious black comedy about mother-daughter relationships, death and madness. A daughter, Maria (Sonia Jalaly) attends the funeral of her mother (Louise-Clare Henry), [...]

Writer: Helen O’Brien Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: Bronagh’s Big Weekend takes the full-house at The Lowry Studio back to 1987. Bronagh Quinn’s 13th birthday brings her a slightly disappointing pub-bought watch for a present. A day as bridesmaid and Irish Dancing Championships make up the rest of the weekend’s madness in Helen O’Brien’s one-woman comedy [...]

Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Barry Rutter Musical Director: Conrad Nelson Reviewed by Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating:   Ferdinand (Owen Findlay), ruler of Navarre, persuades three of his courtiers to renounce the company of women and join him in a three-year period of celibate studying. The arrival of a Princess (Sophia Hatfield) and her entourage puts temptation [...]

Performers: Priestley College Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating:   Priestley College have put together an evening of movement based performances looking at various genres of theatre, including contemporary dance and physical theatre. Set in a rather dingy French café with background music of the mid-20th century including Edith Piaf, each individual performance is designed to tell [...]