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2026 06 02 Even These Things At The Royal Exchange Theatre C Courtesy Of The Royal Exchange Theatre

Review: Even These Things at the Royal Exchange Theatre

Maria Roberts on a must-see production about Manchester past and present

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Review: Paddy Young at A Lovely Weekend, Friday 29 May

Harley Young is left in stitches after catching this set from the comedy festival’s opening...

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Review: Waitress at The Palace Theatre

Maria Roberts watches Waitress serve up comic one-liners and a curmudgeonly Les Dennis

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Creatures Comedy Festival unveils full 2026 line-up

Expect international names, local legends and a whole new festival pass

2026 03 24 A Lovely Weekend Rachel Fairburn Credit Em Humble

Three-day comedy festival takes over Manchester this May

Expect plenty of laughs at Fairfield Social Club this spring

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‘Hilarious and wholesome’: Freaky Friday The Musical, HOME Manchester, reviewed

Harley Young is transported back to her youth with this comedic modern adaptation

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Review: IDEAL 20th Anniversary Live Show at The Lowry, Tuesday 9 September

Harley Young takes a big hit from the noughties comedy bong with this hilarious stage...

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Women in Comedy Festival returns for its 14th year

This October, the festival will host upwards of 50 shows and events in six venues...

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‘A raunchy, raucous tale of romance’: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Palace Theatre Manchester, reviewed

Harley Young gets wrapped up in all the glitz and glamour

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Dancing with the dead: Wake at Aviva Studios reviewed

Irish tap meets a pole-dancing funeral party at Factory International

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'Despotic and batwinged fabulous’: Abigail’s Party, The Royal Exchange, reviewed

Lily Wallen sees things fall apart in suburbia

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‘An emotional rollercoaster in a VR headset’: Dear Evan Hansen, The Palace Theatre, reviewed

Hayden Naughton enjoys a musical for our modern age

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‘Plenty of teeth’: The Shark is Broken, The Lowry Theatre, reviewed

David Adamson has a chunk taken out of him by this claustrophobic three (and a...

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‘Tears-in-your-eyes funny’: The Book of Mormon, Palace Theatre Manchester, reviewed

This hilariously brutal musical makes Harley Young laugh until she cries

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‘Fabulously fun and full of female empowerment’: & Juliet, Opera House Manchester, reviewed

Harley Young enjoys an evening of Shakespeare’s greatest love story with a modern day twist...

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'A joyous production': Frankie Goes to Bollywood, HOME, reviewed

Georgina Harrington Hague enjoys an evening of colour and catchy tunes

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Pretty Woman The Musical, reviewed

Sarah Tierney is pretty impressed by the musical adaptation of the 80s romance

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'Odd location and oddly staged': Fiennes' Macbeth, The Depot, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield is confused by the direction, the staging and the location