Sitting comfortably between the top-of-the-range programme of something like Edinburgh’s International Festival and the take-your-chance all-comers nature of its Fringe, more>>

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

Click on name for article PDF : The Guardian Guide, City Life preview, Trafford Metro 16/07, MEN 29/01 and 14/05, What's On, The Guardian, MEN 23/07, MEN 02/08 Fading Hum, City Life 30/07

Who knows where our minds will take us, if given the opportunity to stand and stare?But, if the three characters in Joyce Branagh’s new comedy Sheepish are anything to go by, we’d better prepare for a helluva ride. more>>

Click on show name to read the review : The Fading Hum, Hatch, The Bluest Blue, No View From The Window, Baby Shaped Hole

PAWN is certainly value for money. In the space of an hour you experience the whole gammut of human emotions. more>>

Click on show name to read the review : Baby Shaped Hole, Domestic Bliss,

Several podcasts by David Chadderton about this years Theatre Festival. more>>

This play has plenty to say. It is the third by Manchester Evening News award-nominated playwright Ian Moore who also directs his new work, written in the style of Chekhov. more>>