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Writer: Nicholas Wright Director: Nicholas Hytner Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: The title ’Travelling Light’ refers to the way in which images are conveyed from a camera to a movie screen and to the forced itinerant lifestyle of the central character and his race. But although Nicholas Wright’s script brims with brilliant wordplay the major theme [...]

Writer: Mandy Romero Director: Cathy Butterworth Reviewer: Lizzie Kirkwood The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Stevenage’ is a multimedia tour around Stevenage and its history, with all the interesting bits taken out. It is delivered by self-proclaimed Drag Queen Mandy Romero, who lacks any of the stage-presence or humour one might expect from a performer of this nature and instead, [...]

Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: Apparently Andrew Lawrence is The Best Kept Secret in Comedy. To be fair, he has been on BBC1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, reaching a sizeable audience. He also has a Radio 4 series, ‘What To Do If You’re Not Like Everybody Else’. I saw him at Manchester’s Comedy Store late in [...]

Writer: Lisa McGee Director: Tara Daniels Musical Arrangements: Andrew Sutton Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: ‘The Heights’ by Lisa McGee is an ambitious attempt to merge dark fantasy with urban suspense. It is not entirely successful as the writer and the director are more comfortable with the fantasy elements so that the reality of the Council [...]

Writer: Rory Mullarkey Director: Luke Bailey Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Set in a unnamed country where National Service is still a reality ‘ The Grandfathers’ offers eight actors from the Lowry Young Actors Company a remarkable opportunity to stretch themselves and show just how good they really are. Rory Mullarkey’s script drops the audience in [...]

Writer: David Farr Director: Alexandra Turner Reviewer: Dave Cunningham The Public Reviews Rating: Its not just police officers that’re getting younger- the Lowry Young Actors Company- comprising actors aged 11-19 – is offering a showcase of four short plays at its home theatre. ‘ Ruckus in the Garden’ puts 12 actors from the Company in a setting with [...]

Reviewer: Helen Jones The Public Reviews Rating: Comedian Chris Addison returns to his home territory for one of the last shows in his The Time Is Now Again tour. Born and brought up in Didsbury, he is obviously still at home here, starting the show with reminisces of Manchester and Salford which ring bells with locals. He obviously [...]

Publisher: Oberon Books Reviewer: John Roberts   Braham Murray has undoubtedly carved his name firmly into the annals of longest serving theatre directors of Great Britain. Murray is currently working on his final production as artistic director of The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester; a touring production of ‘Wonderful Town’, co-produced with The Lowry Theatre [...]