115 stories by "Chris Bartlett"
As if events in the real world didn't feel apocalyptic enough at the moment, this immersive theatre experience from the Manchester-based Box
Those with a passing knowledge of the work of poet Murray Lachlan Young " whose best-known odes have such non-family-friendly titles as
Before Peter Pan flew into the lives of the Darling children and indelibly cemented himself into the British consciousness, this spry Regency-set
Painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti called Emily Brontë's gothic masterpiece Wuthering Heights "a fiend of a book". This full-throttled, unfettered and
"I like change," says Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. In a career spanning seven years as a sound designer and composer, the 29-year-old Lancastrian
Kevin Elyot's comedy about a close-knit group of gay male friends living their lives in the shadow of the Aids crisis in
This musical adaptation of Dr Seuss' festive classic wasn't exactly greeted with Christmas cheer when it transferred to Broadway in 2006. But
Qdos is known for pulling out all the stops with its pantos. Big names, sumptuous sets and spectacular stage effects have almost
Lee Gower-Drinkwater has built a 22-year career in stage management, with half that time spent at Manchester's Royal Exchange. He speaks to
There aren't many better roles in musical theatre than Gypsy's indomitable Mama Rose. Any production of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen
It's ambitious enough to mount a new musical, let alone to revisit some of English literature's best-loved characters and effectively pick up
The Coliseum's Christmas show traditionally heralds the start of panto season. But that's where the traditions end. Because while this production has
Curtains was the last show John Kander and Fred Ebb worked on together before Ebb's death in 2007. The most notable thing
It's a bold move to revive a musical not seen on these shores for 50 years. But Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre has
The durability of male friendship is explored to persuasive effect in this modest two-hander from Manchester-based new writing company Box of Tricks.
Three years on from the Donmar's all-female Shakespeare trilogy and five years after Maxine Peake became the latest in a long line
It really should be 9 to 5's moment. In the almost 40 years since the blockbuster comedy about three secretaries turning the
It's been almost three decades since The Jerry Springer Show first graced " or rather, disgraced " our TV screens and 16
What stands out about this arresting retelling of a turbulent period in Manchester's industrial history is the restraint in its staging. The
This is the second time that Belgian site-specific specialist Studio ORKA has been invited to contribute to the Manchester International Festival. If
There's a point during Tao of Glass, Phelim McDermott's heartfelt collaboration with Philip Glass, when the Improbable co-founder explains the Japanese art
Rodgers and Hammerstein's copper-bottomed audience pleaser, The King and I, stands as one of the best-loved but most problematic musicals of the
First seen at London's Arcola Theatre in 2014, Barney Norris'Â play about a couple facing up to the fact that they can no
Arranging West Side Story for Manchester Royal Exchange has been an emotional experience for Jason Carr, who learned piano playing Leonard Bernstein's
Three stories shedding light on various aspects of the British-Chinese experience are cleverly interwoven in this production that combines dining with verbatim
