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1. 1. 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.

2. 2. 24:7 - The French Lectures @ The Late Room

   CityLife, Monday 25 July 2005 AFTER its Manchester Evening News Theatre Award-winning debut last year, the ground-breaking 24:7 Theatre Festival is back in town, offering no less than 105 performances of 21 new plays - none of them longer than an hour - in five non-theatre venues over a week.

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. Anything Goes for Angela at The Lowry

   CityLife, Wednesday 14 December 2005 ANGELA Rippon will be making her all-singing and dancing theatrical debut in the Cole Porter musical, Anything Goes, at The Lowry until February 4. With typical, go-getting vigour, she can't wait to get started on the show.

5. 5. Critics savage Lennon musical

   CityLife, Monday 15 August 2005 LENNON the musical opened off Broadway last night to a slaughtering by critics - and a recommendation to stay home and listen to your old Beatles records instead.

6. 6. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others @ The Lowry

   CityLife, Tuesday 25 October 2005 I GUESS your enjoyment of Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others will largely be determined by whether you like The Smiths or not, but then if you don't why would you even be here?

7. 7. Hi-5 @ Palace Theatre

   CityLife, Friday 25 March 2005 WATCHING Hi-5 is like sitting through well-rehearsed art school improvisation - served up in day-glo.

8. 8. Hotel steps in for 24:7

   CityLife, Thursday 21 July 2005 THERE has been another last-minute venue change for next week's theatre festival 24:7. Just last week, I reported that Baby Grand, on Peter Street, had to pull out of its slot. That was quickly replaced by neighbouring bar, Bedlam.

9. 9. A `Shameless' twist

   CityLife, Friday 18 March 2005 DIRECTING a new joint version of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing at the Bolton Octagon before it heads out on a national tour is, says Pilot Theatre's Marcus Rohmer, "a bit like coming home for me. I grew up in Blackburn and visited the Octagon a lot in my youth, so seeing the play on the Octagon stage is a real thrill.

10. 10. Sue goes on Safari

    CityLife, Friday 08 April 2005 FRESH from playing Tommy's grieving mother in Corrie, Sue Wallace was probably in need of a party. Although the Safari kind about to be staged at the Library Theatre isn't all that it seems.

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