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1. 1. Brenton's challenging trilogy...

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 22 April 2005 GUM And Goo, Heads and The Education of Skinny Spew are three experimental and challenging physical theatre pieces presented as part of their Howard Brenton Trilogy by in-house theatre company Vista Theatre Company at Studio Salford from April 26.

2. 2. Morrissey looks foward to "sexy" city

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 April 2006 TYPICAL! You wait years for a Morrissey gig and then a load come along at once. The release of the favourably-reviewed Ringleader Of The Tormentors has prompted another slew of shows in a succession of relatively intimate venues, starting at The Lowry.

3. 3. Contact season of plenty

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 August 2004 THERE are, believes Contact's Artistic Director John McGrath, a couple of clear strands running through their just-announced autumn-winter season.

4. 4. Kindertransport's step into the dark

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 April 2004 DIANE Samuels' play Kindertransport is inspired by the remarkable story of the way in which, in the days leading up to the Second World War, 10,000 Jewish children made a heartbreaking journey, leaving their families in Nazi Germany to begin a new life in Britain.

5. 5. Royal Exchange's autumn/winter season

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 April 2007 THE new Royal Exchange Theatre Autumn/Winter season features the return of two big M.E.N. Theatre Award-winning shows.

6. 6. Bewitched Bennett's history lesson

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 November 2006 PART of the inspiration for Alan Bennett's The History Boys, the utterly enthralling play, which& is at& The Lowry until November 29, came, he says, from director Nicolas Hytner's days as a schoolboy at Manchester Grammar School.

7. 7. Kes @ Royal Exchange

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 September 2004 KES is the story of a young Barnsley boy who's let down by his family, his friends and his school but whose soul takes wing when he manages to "train, not tame" Kes, a kestrel hawk.

8. 8. Octagon's in fine shape for 2005

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 October 2004 THE Octagon Theatre in Bolton has announced its Spring-Summer 2005 season of events.

9. 9. How I learned to love The Bomb

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 February 2006 WOULD you meet the man who killed your father? Yes, said Jo Berry, the woman who has inspired The Bomb.

10. 10. Smiths' soundtrack show in new Lowry season

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 June 2005 THE Lowry's new autumn and winter season is one of their busiest ever, featuring an astonishing 80 productions jostling for space on its three stages. One of the highlights should be Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, featuring 20 songs originally performed by The Smiths, which makes its north west debut in October.

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