David Cunningham

NW reviewer

Reviews

Features

Deansgate, Manchester

A Dancer Dances: taking part in ‘Sea Change’

A reviewer switches from observer to participant and reports on the development of Sea Change—the opening ceremony of the 2021 Manchester International Festival.
Best Girl

Best Girl is back

The return of a 2019 Fringe favourite in a new format for online audiences.
Sydney Harbour

Popular

Conservative MP Jake Berry’s remarks that northern communities prefer football to opera, ballet and theatre can be dismissed as nonsense but reflect an attitude that may deter, or limit the enjoyment of, potential theatregoers.
GM Fringe

Can the fringe save live theatre?

With news that fringe theatre companies are hoping to offer plays from October, David Cunningham explores whether this development will help stimulate the return of live theatre.
The Globe Player web site

Global Community

David Cunningham looks at the online offerings from Shakespeare's Globe and compares them with his visits to the venue soon after it opened.
A messianic David Tennant as Richard II in 2013

‘King & Country’ and other epics

David Cunningham hopes, when the theatres reopen, that their response will be some epic drama of substance in reaction to the trauma that we have all experienced.
Online theatre shows on BTG

Ain't nothing like the real thing

David Cunningham explains why the online world can never make up for what he personally is currently missing from live theatre.
Gabriela Garcia (Maria) and Andy Coxon (Tony) in West Side Story at the Royal Exchange

2019: musicals trump serious drama in Manchester

Manchester reviewer David Cunningham gives a detailed account of his top theatre visits of 2019, with some comments about the intrusive security policies of some theatres.

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