Paul Genty

Manchester

Writer at Theatre Reviews North

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More music under the Mersey Moon

1 week ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

New country musical Under the Mersey Moon is set to return to New Brighton's Floral Pavilion in 2026 with three special dates over the Valentine’s day weekend. The show was a huge success on its premiere at the waterfront Blue Lounge earlier this year, becoming the performance space’s best-selling new musical, with sold out performances and standing ovations.
Slaying dragons in the city

1 week ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Manchester venue 53two and Take Back Theatre present the world premiere of a play by well-known writer Rebekah Harrison in June. What Does It Take To Slay a Dragon (52two, June 11-20), is an unflinching play about nationalism and identity. When delivery driver Billy is asked to remove an England flag from his van dashboard, what seems like a small request ignites a sequence of events that upend his life.
Sing along, it's a Shit Life Crisis

2 weeks ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Award-winning Hull-based theatre company Silent Uproar Productions isn't exactly known for its upbeat subjects - two of its productions have been A Super Happy Story About Feeling Super Sad and Dead Girls Rising. Now it adds a third, Shit Life Crisis: "a sing-along karaoke play about survival and the impediments to living" which will tour venues across the north from tomorrow (Tuesday).
Scoring for Dear England

3 weeks ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

We talk to Gwilym Lee (Gareth Southgate), Liz White (Dr Pippa Grange), Josh Barrow (Jordan Pickford) and Jude Carmichael (Marcus Rashford) about Dear England, the Olivier award-winning play by James Graham, which comes to Salford from May 29-June 29 following a 10-week run at the National Theatre. TRN: How challenging is it to play characters so well known in the media?
Legally Blonde returns next year

3 weeks ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

A new production of hit musical Legally Blonde The Musical will tour the UK and Ireland next year after opening at Curve Leicester in February. In our area the show will visit Sheffield (March 2026), Liverpool (April), York (April), Newcastle (May), Leeds (June), Hull (October), Manchester (November) and Sunderland (December 2026) in our area.
Making Operation Mincemeat of the opposition

3 weeks ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Perhaps ironically, the show that demonstrates the plucky ingenuity of the underdog British at war is about to take on the world - starting where it began, at the Lowry in Salford. Operation Mincemeat - the massive hit whose runs on Broadway and in the West End have been extended many times, currently both until next February - will go on world tour next year, taking in the USA, 40 dates in the UK, as well as dozens of other venues in Australia, Canada, China, Mexico and New Zealand.
Sirens of the Silver Screen live again

3 weeks ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Sirens of the Silver Screen has previously been seen in London, where it had successful runs in 2017 and 2019, and now heads north for its first appearance in Manchester, later this monthWriter and performer Beth Burrows will be at the city's 53two venue on May 23, with the possibility of more northern dates if the show is a hit.
Exploring social reform at York Theatre Royal

1 month ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

York Theatre Royal will offer a strong, large-cast world premiere in June, at a time when many theatres are winding down for the summer. New play His Last Report (July 22-August 3) focuses on the life and legacy of one of York’s most influential figures, Seebohm Rowntree.
Hail to the Radiohead Hamlet

1 month ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Anticipation is building for Hamlet Hail to the Thief, the dynamic new version of Hamlet featuring Shakespeare’s text illuminated by Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief. The music has been reworked by the band’s Thom Yorke and will be performed live by a cast of musicians and actors at Manchester’s Aviva Studios (from April 27- previews; then officially from May 7-18) before transferring to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford (June 4-28).
Epstein to hold first test event

2 months ago | theatrereviewsnorth.com | Paul Genty

Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre will hold its first test event this month ahead of officially reopening for a full autumn season. Dancing in the Aisles, on Easter Sunday, April 20, will be the first production since the Hanover Street venue closed in June 2023.