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50 years of Corrie, a trip down memory lane

9:45am Tuesday 17th August 2010

They aren’t the originals, yet those in Corrie at the Lowry are usually, though not always, so like their TV counterparts, you feel you, and the celebrity studded audience, are watching family.

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Theatre review - Les Miserables at The Lowry

11:30am Monday 16th August 2010

THE STANDING ovation that greeted the cast at the end of Les Miserables was well deserved.

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Love in Shakespeare shows love's language lost

4:23pm Sunday 15th August 2010

You would enjoy Love in Shakespeare at Dunham Massey if only for the picnic, and lovely surroundings.

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The Magnificent Tale of Emily Law and Arturo the Waterboy

5:54pm Saturday 7th August 2010

The Magnificent Tale of Emily Law and Arturo the Waterboy, at the Capitol Theatre, is the i first play presented by the Library Theatre Company away from their old home. I It is beautifully scripted by Liz Postlethwaite, the company’s Community and Education Director with the help of 15-18-year-olds who helped to devise the plot. She also directs it.

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Decidely odd - Make Believe at the 24:7 Theatre Festival

10:34am Wednesday 28th July 2010

I’VE been reviewing live theatre for more than 20 years and I thought I’d seen it all.

No View From The Window brings on tears at the 24:7 Theatre Festival

4:05pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

No View from the Window is one of ten new plays which comprise the 24:7 theatre festival.

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Outstanding, irresistible and in your face - Pawn at the 24:7 Theatre Festival

10:11am Tuesday 27th July 2010

PAWN is certainly value for money.

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Sale Nomads take us back to the 80s

10:45pm Tuesday 13th July 2010

I, and an encouragingly young audience, went back in time with Sale Nomads Theatre Club’s Back to the 80’s at the Club Theatre, Altrincham.

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Thanks for the memories - Library Theatre leaves its spiritual home

11:12am Tuesday 6th July 2010

THE curtain came down at the Library Theatre for the final time on Sunday night when the internationally renowned company said goodbye to its spiritual home.