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1. 1. MEN Awards honour for Pete Postlethwaite

   CityLife, Friday 14 January 2011 Following last week’s announcement of the nominees for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, we’re pleased to announce that the Best New Play category will now be named after the late and much-loved actor Pete Postlethwaite.

2. 2. MEN Theatre Awards: Winners

   CityLife, Thursday 10 February 2011 The Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards are based on performances seen from October 2009 to November 2010.

3. 3. MEN Theatre Awards nearly here

   CityLife, Friday 04 December 2009 DECEMBER 8, 2009 sees one of the highlights of the theatre-going year - the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards. Throughout the past 12 months, the dedicated awards panel of judges have been to see literally hundreds of shows, ranging from massive arena events to one-person shows in the back room of a pub.

4. 4. Interview: Conor McKee

   CityLife, Friday 12 February 2010 Conor McKee’s Burnt, premiering next week at Contact, where it will be directed by Manchester Evening News Theatre Award-wining actor and director Wylie Longmore, has taken almost exactly a year to reach this stage, as the Manchester-based, Northern Ireland-born playwright explains.

5. 5. Stars set for M.E.N Awards

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 02 December 2008 DOUBLE act Loose Women stars Denise Welch and Jane McDonald keep a tight hold on the gongs as they prepare to host the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards tonight.

6. 6. Poetry, politics and Day to remember at Library

   CityLife, Thursday 04 June 2009 "WE had already booked it in before the news broke," insists the Library Theatre’s artistic director Chris Honer, of the fact that the theatre’s Christmas show is written by newly-appointed Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

7. 7. 24:7 Theatre Festival - chance to enter 2009 event

   CityLife, Wednesday 17 December 2008 AT this year's Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards the annual 24:7 Theatre Festival received five nominations for participating actors or shows. Now it’s your chance to take part in the hit theatric al showcase.

8. 8. Time to savour best of 24:7

   CityLife, Thursday 13 August 2009 NO sooner has this year’s fantastic 24:7 Festival finished than news comes in of another chance to see three of the best productions in a month’s time at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.

9. 9. Kevin Bourke's gigs of the year

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 December 2006 EVEN as a major Bruce Springsteen fan, I must confess to some trepidation at the news of his "Seeger Sessions" album and tour. Much as I love Bruce, he can err on the side of earnestness but his show with the awkwardly-named Seeger Sessions Band at the Manchester Evening News Arena was a joyous and irresistible affair, and my gig of the year.

10. 10. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (12A)

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 September 2004 FOR better or worse, TV news anchor-people simply don't enjoy the same status in this country as they have done for many years in the USA. It's unlikely, for instance, that anyone would make a film of this sort about, say, Stuart Hall! Still, we all get the general idea, so this film has absolutely no excuse for being so self-satisfied about being so unfunny.

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