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Theatre review / 29 November 2024
29 November 2024
PAUL FOLEY applauds a faultless musical that tells the tragic real-life story of working-class winners of the football pools
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Concert review / 30 October 2023
30 October 2023
PAUL FOLEY is blown away by a Brazilian band at the top of their game
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Exhibition Review / 24 October 2023
24 October 2023
PAUL FOLEY examines how the Whitworth is attempting to engage with sexual minorites
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Culture / 2 December 2022
2 December 2022
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Theatre Review / 8 September 2022
8 September 2022
PAUL FOLEY recommends what he considers the best staging he has ever ween of the Tennessee Williams classic
MLK
Theatre review / 2 October 2021
2 October 2021
PAUL FOLEY recommends a play, by Pulitzer-winner Katori Hall, which imagines Martin Luther King’s last night before his assassination
THEATRE ONLINE / 17 June 2020
17 June 2020
BOISTEROUS: Rakhee Sharma (Cathy) and Alex Austin (Heathclif
Theatre / 13 February 2020
13 February 2020
Adaptation of Bronte classic fails to scale the heights
Sarah
Theatre / 20 January 2020
20 January 2020
Play highlights importance of talking therapy in tackling mental health issues
OUTSTANDING: David Judge in Sparkplug Pic: Alex Mead/Decoy M
Year round-up / 10 December 2019
10 December 2019
PIC CAP SUPERLATIVE: Ria Jones as Rose Pic: Johan Persson
Theatre / 8 December 2019
8 December 2019
Everything comes up roses in stunning production of Sondheim classic
PIC CAP: In meltdown: David Moorst as Steven in Light Falls
Theatre Review / 30 October 2019
30 October 2019
Missed opportunity to shed light on complex northern realities
PIC CAP Centre stage: Lucy Ellinson as Macbeth Pic: Johan Pe
Theatre Review / 19 September 2019
19 September 2019
Misguided mangling of Shakespeare's darkest tragedy
https://youtu.be/ckDH0lyroh8
Theatre Review / 30 July 2019
30 July 2019
PIC CAP: Sympathetic curmudgeon Tony Jayawardena (right) as
Theatre Review / 6 June 2019
6 June 2019
PAUL FOLEY sees an excellent new version of a classic Harold Brighouse comedy
PIC CAP Fizzing with energy: Jocasta Almgill (left) Pic: The
Musical Review / 14 April 2019
14 April 2019
PAUL FOLEY sees a new version of a legendary musical which lacks the exhilarating power of the original
Book Review / 25 February 2019
25 February 2019
PIC CAP Conflicted: Ashley Zhangazha (Biff) and Don Warringt
Theatre Review / 19 October 2018
19 October 2018
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Theatre Review / 18 July 2018
18 July 2018
PAUL FOLEY sees an inspiring play by Maxine Peake on the women who battled against the destruction of mining communities in 1984-85 and after
Jonathan Keenan
Operetta Review / 29 April 2018
29 April 2018
Richard Lakos
Theatre Review / 24 April 2018
24 April 2018
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Theatre Review / 14 March 2018
14 March 2018
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Theatre Review / 8 March 2018
8 March 2018