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1. 41. Festival will take to town's streets

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 May 2003 NOT one to sit around feeling left out, Oldham has responded to Manchester's Champions League final-inspired Festival Europa, in kind. Festival Oldham will be held in the town over the forthcoming Bank Holiday weekend.

2. 42. Thea and Patti join heady brew

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 May 2007 SOME of the world's top female artists are visiting Cumbria this month for the inaugural Women's Arts International Festival.

3. 43. Coliseum's tempting starter

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 June 2004 NEVILLE'S Island, Tim Firth's popular comedy about a group of hapless businessmen trapped on an island in the middle of a lake on Bonfire Night, is the final play in Oldham Coliseum's summer season. But the theatre have already unveiled their autumn/winter shows.

4. 44. Lear's Daughters @ Buxton Festival Fringe

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 12 July 2005 WE ALL know about King Lear, but what about the Queen? And whax&  t really happened to those three princesses – Goneril, Regan and Cordelia? And what about the King’s driving desire, above all, for a son?

5. 45. Have you got a play to write?

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 October 2003 HAVE you ever dreamed about writing a play but not known where to start, or been to the theatre and thought, "I could write better than that!'' Well, now is your chance. The Royal Exchange Theatre has launched Write 2, a unique new writing event for anyone aged 16 or over living within the north west, throwing open its doors to give a new generation of voices the chance to have their work aired.

6. 46. Here's Johnny!

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 26 August 2004 AS if the incessant rain hasn't been enough to take recently, a cast from Windy City is set to blow into Manchester next week and how.

7. 47. Horror as LipService return

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 January 2006 HAVING done their irreverent worst to Louisa May Alcott, the Brontes, Sherlock Holmes, Oscar Wilde and many others, literary lunatics LipService turn their hilarious attention to the horror genre. They are at the Library Theatre until February 4.

8. 48. Playhouse rises like the Phoenix

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 August 2005

   A DRAMATIC turnaround has seen a tiny Salford theatre that has gone go from failure and closure to staging a world premiere in five years.

9. 49. Patter @ Exchange Studio

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 May 2003 PATTER is a strange piece, described as A Playful Meditation On Magic.

10. 50. 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.

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