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1. 1. Cheers for Calendar Girls despite fault

   CityLife, Tuesday 21 October 2008 DO you want the good news or the bad news? The bad news is that this stage version of Calendar Girls is completely sold out.

2. 2. Cheers for Calendar Girls despite fault

   CityLife, Tuesday 21 October 2008 DO you want the good news or the bad news? The bad news is that this stage version of Calendar Girls is completely sold out.

3. 3. Bourne's Scissorhands is a delight

   CityLife, Wednesday 19 November 2008 FOLLOWING a world tour, Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands returns to the Lowry this week with all the enchanting magic that won it a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for best dance the first time around. Based on Tim Burton's 1990 film, the stage version largely stays true to the or...

4. 4. Triumphs at M.E.N. Theatre Awards

   CityLife, Tuesday 02 December 2008 THE Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, now in it's 27th year, once again championed the best theatre to be staged across Greater Manchester this year.

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. Bourne's Scissorhands is a delight

   CityLife, Wednesday 19 November 2008 FOLLOWING a world tour, Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands returns to the Lowry this week with all the enchanting magic that won it a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for best dance the first time around. Based on Tim Burton's 1990 film, the stage version largely stays true to the or...

7. 7. See How They Run: tonic farce at the Royal Exchange

   CityLife, Tuesday 16 December 2008 LOOKING for an alternative entertainment to the Christmas pantomime? See How They Run Philip King's rip-roaring, wartime farce of vicars, frocked and unfrocked, may be just the ticket

8. 8. McDonagh's Cripple of Inishmaan is thoroughly rewarding

   CityLife, Wednesday 05 November 2008 I SAW my first Martin McDonagh play standing in a windy Heaton Park in the driving rain and I was hooked. The weather seemed appropriate for his quirky, black humour heavily laced with macabre cruelty.

9. 9. Despite dance piece, Antigone is compelling

   CityLife, Wednesday 22 October 2008 SOPHOCLES wrote Antigone something like two and a half thousand years ago. The very fact that it is still being performed today and not simply dismissed as a museum piece speaks volumes about the enduring impact of great art.

10. 10. In The Shadow Of Trees is magicial

    CityLife, Monday 15 December 2008 AMIDST all the tinsel and glitter of the star-studded pantomimes this year comes a small-scale performance which reminds you about the real magic of innovative theatre.

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