PAUL FOLEY applauds a faultless musical that tells the tragic real-life story of working-class winners of the football pools

PAUL FOLEY is blown away by a Brazilian band at the top of their game

PAUL FOLEY examines how the Whitworth is attempting to engage with sexual minorites

PAUL FOLEY recommends what he considers the best staging he has ever ween of the Tennessee Williams classic

PAUL FOLEY recommends a play, by Pulitzer-winner Katori Hall, which imagines Martin Luther King’s last night before his assassination

Adaptation of Bronte classic fails to scale the heights

Play highlights importance of talking therapy in tackling mental health issues

Everything comes up roses in stunning production of Sondheim classic

Missed opportunity to shed light on complex northern realities

Misguided mangling of Shakespeare's darkest tragedy

PAUL FOLEY sees an excellent new version of a classic Harold Brighouse comedy

PAUL FOLEY sees a new version of a legendary musical which lacks the exhilarating power of the original

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

A stunning new play on a young woman battling her inner demons raises some acute questions, says PAUL FOLEY

PAUL FOLEY sees a life-affirming adaptation of the classic novel Jane Eyre

PAUL FOLEY recommends a heartwarming production of Guys and Dolls in Manchester

PAUL FOLEY sees a great version of a seasonal Dickens favourite in Bolton

There's little to celebrate in this Jubilee, says PAUL FOLEY

The playwright’s interrogation of why people are driven to acts of terrorism is a pressing one for those in power, says PAUL FOLEY