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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. 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.

5. 5. 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.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. 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.

8. 8. Miss Bollywood @ Opera House

   CityLife, Tuesday 06 November 2007 THE good news is that the last twenty minutes or so of this Bollywood-on-stage fantasy are fantastic fun and you'll go out dancing into the night.

9. 9. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead @ The Lowry

   CityLife, Wednesday 15 June 2005 THERE are those who would argue that Tom Stoppardés debut play, first staged in 1966, remains his best. Almost certainly, it is his most often-performed work and this new version from the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award-winning English Touring Company enjoys their customary clarity and style.

10. 10. Theatre review of the year

    CityLife, Friday 29 December 2006 OBVIOUSLY, many of the theatrical highlights of the year were spotlighted at this year's Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards at the beginning of December. But some particular memories and high points either simply aren't suitable for that glittering occasion or actually happened after the cut-off point for this year's awards.

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