Kiss Me Quickstep is the story of competitive ballroom dancing - both on and off the dance floor - and the real people behind the fixed smile and fake tans. A new play from Amanda Whittington, writer of Ladies Day and the hugely popular Be My Baby.
Justin and Jodie have finally made it to Blackpool's national championships - via the motorway hard shoulder. Luka's come all the way from Russia. Nancy's been training for this since she was just three. Lee and Samantha arrive on a wave of success.
Following success at Latitude Festival, Paines Plough bring a unique look at the UK grime scene to venues across the country. Billed as 'theatre you can rave to', the show effortlessly blends live music with spoken word, and takes us on a journey of nostalgia.
From entering the theatre we are instantly taken to that world; there is loud dance music, club lighting, and even that indescribable nightclub smell! Before the performance began we were treated to a set by singer Martyna Baker, and musician/DJ Gabriel Benn. Baker had a fantastic, relaxed style with the audience, and is clearly an accomplished and confident vocalist.
What an adventure! Moggies the Musical pounced onto stage last night, full of fierce feline force, to a packed out Unity Theatre.
I was surprised to find so few children at the show, since it was presented as a family exhibition. Still, my 6-year-old companion seemed to enjoy it thoroughly!
Played out against the backdrop of the wonderful Liverpool skyline, fast becoming a famous European silhouette, this show was fun for all the family, in a way that only scousers could create.
Joy Division is Manchester’s most beloved and idolised bands. Their legendary music echoes through cracks and corners of this ever growing city, planted in the mind of its people and the creation of one of the most iconic albums of the 20th Century. I was really looking forward to seeing New Dawn Fades, from the positive word of mouth from friends and a Modern Greek tragedy of the rise and fall of Manchester’s ground-breaking post-punk bands and the tragic suicide of their lead singer, Ian Curtis. But what I saw was nothing more than disappointing.
Presented by Breathe Out Theatre, The Human Torch focuses on the challenges of a complication of characters whose lives are effected with disability, illness or mental illness. At first glance, it appears as a hard hitting, dramatic, real life take on taboo subjects, which it does have moments of, but delving deeper shows a witty, emotional and challenging piece that not only makes you feel empathy for the characters but also questions your look and interpretation on these subjects. The 3 actors throughout the night played various parts and all in turn struggled with the conditions and illnesses that the show was based around.
Enthusiastic performances of off-the-wall stories
There was a lot to live up to with “Fourplay,” at the Three Minute Theatre: the title suggested adult themes, and I was expecting gritty performances from up-and-coming actors at one of Manchester’s best fringe theatre venues.
Trevor Payne’s ‘That’ll Be The Day’ tonight was a celebration of the show that has ran for thirty years. What started out as a six week experiment tour for clubs and cabaret circuit in the 1980s and has grown into the huge success that it is today. Tonight Stockport Plaza was brimming with a full auditorium of audience members who clearly were palpably excited for an evening of nostalgia. As someone in their mid-forties attending this show I was probably the youngest member in the auditorium tonight as the majority of the audience were the best part of 60 years old and over. This is not so much going out to a show as having a night out with your mates!
Teatro Pomodoro present Resurrection Half Price, an original piece that draws on physical theatre, buffoonery and the avant-garde. It aims to portray the passion of Christ and his relationship with his mother but with modern sensibilities and with a generous nod to the trailblazers of alternative comedy, Monty Python, but with a flavor of Europe.
Truant Company present a play about one sort of bullying whilst a completely different and manipulate sort of bullying is happening on stage. Clever, and very powerful. The play is incredibly well written and perceived by Billy Cowan, and uses all the modern up-to-date terms and; procedures (maybe he is a teacher himself?). The only fault with the writing is that it offers no surprises. It goes exactly where you think it will, and does exactly what you expect it to.
I don't want to spoil it for you - because to be honest - this is a piece of Fringe theatre that is actually very worthy. Sadly, Fringe theatre is becoming more and more a synonym for average and uninspiring. However, the play is set in the office of the deputy head of a inner city comprehensive school, and it shows the growing tensions, emotional traumas, and down-right common sense practices set in place for such an occasion, when a young teacher just at the start of her career comes in to air her concerns about one of the pupils in her class being bullied.
Postcard Theatre are relatively new to the theatre world, only launching in 2014 but seem to be doing well, receiving critical acclaim for their previous productions. Upon entering the theatre space, the stage is set in a modern day living room and making full use of the stage.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s arrives at The Lowry as part of a UK tour before heading to the glitz and glamour of London’s West End. You may say Holly Golightly will be at home basking in the opulence of our capital city, but sadly tonight there was no such opulence. This is a very Marmite show, you’ll either love it or hate it!
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the classic tale of Holly Golightly written by Truman Capote and so memorably portrayed by Audrey Hepburn in the iconic 1961 film, is being given a new lease of life as a stage play with music in a sparkling, sophisticated production starring the multi award-winning Pixie Lott as Holly (according the Lowry website claims).
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