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5* Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – The Lowry, Salford Quays

Returning to The Lowry after a UK tour last year was the stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s 2003 smash-hit novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time....

3* Review: La Merda – The Lowry, Salford Quays

I cannot remember the last time I filed into The Lowry’s Quays Theatre with so much anticipation for an upcoming performance. La Merda (which translates to ‘The...

4* Review: The Scarecrows’ Wedding – The Lowry, Salford Quays

The Scarecrow’s Wedding is a highly entertaining family show with a simple set, beautiful music and a wonderful story with a very happy ending which is destined to...

Tonight: Public meeting as MP backs no demolition plan for Eccles Crown Theatre

Campaigners will meet the public tonight to gather support against plans to knock down the historic Crown Theatre on Liverpool Road in Eccles. Over 2,500 people have...

Eccles Crown Theatre: New plans to knock down historic Salford building for 95 flats, shop and ‘community space’

Developers Foregate Limited have lodged new plans with Salford City Council to demolish the entire of the derelict former Crown theatre on Church Street in Eccles. In...

5* Review: Puss in Boots – The Lowry, Salford Quays

I don’t know what we were expecting when we sat down to watch Puss in Boots but we left feeling that we had watched a fantastic piece of children’s theatre....

4* Review: Maggie and the Song of the Sea – The Lowry, Salford Quays

Maggie and the Song of the Sea is a play about love and loss, staged with vibrance and imagination at The Lowry’s temporary pop-up space The Roundabout. Performed...

3* Review: Our Teacher’s A Troll – The Lowry, Salford Quays

The Lowry theatre’s pop-up dome-like theatre space the Roundabout hosted Our Teacher’s A Troll, but disappointly no costumed monster appeared. The pop-up...

5* Review: Tuckshop – The Lowry, Salford Quays

After having the privilege of reviewing the Not Too Tame’s fantastic touring production Early Doors, it’s fair to say that I jumped at the chance of being...

5* Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Opera House, Manchester

Showing at the Opera House in Manchester the feel good musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert was a joy to watch from beginning to the end. Jam-packed with disco classics...