Theatre review: Confessions Of A Waitress

Article published: Tuesday, July 16th 2013

The inaugural Nowt Part Of Festival took place from 8-14 July this year. Here, MULE reviews one of its productions.

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Theatre review: The Machine

Article published: Monday, July 15th 2013

One of Manchester International Festival’s showcase productions is a dramatisation of the chess match between man and machine. Robert Pegg finds out the result of both the match and the performance.

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Theatre review: The Old Woman

Article published: Sunday, July 7th 2013

The Old Woman previewed at the Palace Theatre last Tuesday. MULE went along to review it.

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Theatre review: Hand Over Fist

Article published: Wednesday, July 3rd 2013

The 2013 Greater Manchester Fringe Festival launched this week and Hand Over Fist is one of the first productions of its month-long stretch.

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Review: The Best

Article published: Sunday, March 17th 2013

An old script dramatising George Best’s life has been reworked for the stage and is attracting sell out audiences to Lass O’ Gowrie for Manchester Irish Festival. MULE was there on the opening night.

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Re:play festival review: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down

Article published: Friday, March 1st 2013

Claire Dean reviews the second run of the gritty Yorkshire tale produced by House of Orphans and Unholy Mess.

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Re:play festival review: Hidden

Article published: Tuesday, January 22nd 2013

The existential crises created by 21st Century living – worries about sex, jobs and the meaning of it all – build up pressure in each of the six characters in this play from Black Toffee, with entertaining outcomes.

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Halloween creatures invade Manchester early: chance to win two tickets to the Illuminaughty Halloween party!

A heavy mist suddenly falls on a darkened Manchester hiding from sight unspeakably hideous creatures. Drums can be heard in the distance lulling you into a hypnotic trance, the work of witches and daemons no doubt. Or perhaps Voodoo ring masters, descending onto the city streets armed with psychedelic beats banged out by their armies of musical Goblins possessed with the desire for mischief and fun. It must be that time of year again; it can only be the Illuminaughty Halloween party.

Science Slam: a synergy of science and poetry transcends expectations

Poetry and science are two things generally not associated with each other, in fact if you joined the two in a word association test you would be one step closer to a chemical cosh and your very own padded cell. However the audience attending the Science Slam at the packed out Nexus Art Cafe Thursday night will never again doubt the validity of the two pursuits being combined; though I can’t rule out they may end up bouncing of the walls of a padded cell at some time in the future.

Review: Greater Manchester Fringe Festival – A Dream Play

We were outside Nexus Art Café in the Northern Quarter, queuing, when a car raced up, the driver shoved a woman to the pavement and the performance began. This was the introduction to the character Aggie in A Dream Play by the Déjà Vu Ensemble, daughter of the gods, who has come to our world to learn what it means to be human.