Rats' Tales, Royal Exchange, Manchester

Manchester has become a rich beneficiary of Carol Ann Duffy's powers of retelling old stories. It's five years since The Manchester Carols premiered in the city, and the Poet Laureate's latest collaboration with director Melly Still offers us a reminder of the simple wonders of a tale well told " without characterisation, without Disneyfication, devoid of time and context. 

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