Danielle Roper
Writer and Music/Theatre Reviewer at Freelance
Writer & music/theatre reviewer for Manchester Evening News, travel writer, bibliophile and star quizzer! Own opinions.
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1 day ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Danielle Roper
It's been more than 40 years since Boys From The Blackstuff first aired on Britain's TV screens but this Bafta award-winning five-part series is still vividly remembered by many. Whether TV's Sherwood creator James Graham's stage version can do justice to Alan Bleasdale's striking social commentary however, is another matter.
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1 month ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Danielle Roper
It's essentially an old story about an old car, but will it be a banger or a write-off? The Manchester audience are about to find out as this classic tale by James Bond creator Ian Fleming hits the stage. The show opens at an Edwardian-era Grand Prix - the X pronounced in the English rather than the French way...
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1 month ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Danielle Roper
His adopted surname Swims - 'Someone Who Isn't Myself Sometimes', hints at a painfully private person reluctant to reveal his true self. Indeed, the mighty Atlantan became famous by singing other artists' covers on YouTube. Yet his own songs could hardly be more emotionally exposing. And they've won him an army of fans.
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1 month ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Danielle Roper
It's been more than half a century since the mega musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was first performed back in the 1970s. Based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis, the multi award-winning show has toured in over 80 countries but how will this latest version land with the Manchester Opera House audience?
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2 months ago |
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Danielle Roper
School's out for the February half-term in Manchester, but not for socially awkward high-school student Evan, about to start his first day in a new year. For the first time, the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Broadway and West End sensation is touring the UK and Ireland and the 17-year-old is centre-stage. Afflicted by social anxiety, Evan would do anything just to fit in, even if that means inventing a relationship with a dead boy.
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