The Globe Theatre is setting up camp in Heaton Park later this month
Joan Davies sees George Bernard Shaw's pre-musical version of My Fair Lady
The Poet Laureate is one of the writers featured in this new series of readings at the Royal Exchange
Liberty, its value, and the threat to freedom in a challenging new play with light moments too
Manchester’s biggest Glee club is holding open auditions for Don't Stop Believing – the concert
Joan Davies is entranced by the return of this classic piece of modern Mancunian theatre
Georgina Hague takes a child to the flying car and child-catcher show and loves it
2 for 1 tickets on Friday 30 April and Saturday 1 May
Ian Moore finds truth winning out in Jonathan Harvey's compelling new drama of forbidden love
Joan Davies on Trevor Griffiths' mid-70s, Manchester-based play
Jonathan Schofield laughs himself into a coughing fit in the Opera House
See top dance performances at Greenroom for bargain prices
Sarah Tierney watches top TV scriptwriters and soap stars stretch their wings at Joshua Brooks
Joan Davies listens to the air turning blue at the Library Theatre
Trudie Robinson catches up with the New York comic-rocker ahead of his Lowry Theatre show
Trudie Robinson gets under the skin of an unassuming comedian prior to his Thursday's Lowry show
Georgina Hague likes the content, hates the farce, but ends up moved and emotional at the Lowry
Joan Davies, admires, applauds and wants you all go to the Royal Exchange
We send Mitch Poole off to join the circus and he is well impressed
Sarah Tierney laughs a lot at the Library Theatre's latest production
Veteran director Terry Hands dusts off a rare classic with some help from Gavin and Stacey. Philip Key takes a...
Prepare to be awed by unusually bouncy acrobats at the Lowry Theatre
Find out what's happening at Oxford Road's strange-shaped, young people's theatre
Philip Key is sufficiently spooked, but by what we may never know
Joan Davies reviews a couple of shows at Taurus bar on Canal Street and then gets on a soapbox about Mancheste...
Joan Davies heads to Oldham Coliseum for Alan Ayckbourn's tea party from hell
Phil Key enjoys a Ray Cooney romp with none of that swearing ....
Sarah Tierney watches Gareth Gates sing his way through a storm of emotions at the Palace Theatre
Philip Hamer detects that there is something lacking in The Royal Exchange's revival of Noel Coward's Blithe S...
Henry Winkler, Les Dennis and Natasha Hamilton aren't quite enough to make this Peter Pan truly fly, says Phil...
Jonathan Schofield enjoys a right royal blood thirsty fairy tale of biff bash bom at the Library Theatre
Joan Davies braves the kids and Corrie stars to report on this year's Big Panto
The rest of November's fun at the Lowry
Philip Hamer is not wholly impressed by the Royal Exchange Theatre’s reinvigoration of a classic 'state of the...
Joan Davies likes a tight-fisted old miser’s magical transformation
Extra performances for this cameo-packed show about the ne'er-do-wells of Victorian era Ancoats
Modern romance and an ultra-modern production style impress Joan Davies
Joan Davies finds a few problems with a Jim Cartwright play in the hinterlands
Philip Hamer hails a new play at the Royal Exchange as an anthem for doomed youth
Philip Key watches Everyman stalwart Jonathan Pryce give a mesmerising performance on his old stamping ground
The Library Theatre brings a critically acclaimed comedy from Soho to Manchester
Philip Hamer hails the return of the erstwhile Play School presenter (and comic genius) to the Royal Exchange
The Royal Exchange are transforming their studio into a pub
See who won awards and sipped champagne at this year's 24:7 Theatre Festival party
Joan Davies enjoys a Pinteresque play at 24:7 Theatre Festival
Sarah Tierney is won over by a rugger-loving PE teacher
Joan Davies sees a political play that manages not to preach
Sarah Tierney talks to the director of a festival that takes the drama out of going to the theatre