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Review of the Year 2019 - The North West Stage

Date: 31 December 2019
Reporter: David Chadderton

David Ricardo-Pearce in The Last Yankee at Bolton Library Credit: Joel Fildes

David Judge in SparkPlug Credit: Alex Mead, Decoy Media

Tracie Bennett with the cast of Mame at Hope Mill Theatre Credit: Pamela Raith

Phelim McDermott in Tao of Glass in MIF at the Royal Exchange Credit: Tristram Kenton

Ria Jones in Gypsy at the Royal Exchange Credit: Johan Persson

Wise Children at HOME Credit: Steve Tanner

Malory Towers from Wise Children at HOME Credit: Steve Tanner

Barber Shop Chronicles at the Royal Exchange Credit: Marc Brenner

Gabriela Garcia (Maria) and Andy Coxon (Tony) in West Side Story at the Royal Exchange Credit: Richard Davenport of The Other Richard

Ethan Kai and Zubin Varla in Equus from ETT at The Lowry Credit: The Other Richard

Best of…

From all of this, my pick of the productions I have seen this year, in no particular order, is:

Inua Ellams’s Barber Shop Chronicles, Royal Exchange Theatre
West Side Story, Royal Exchange Theatre
Gypsy, Royal Exchange Theatre
Mame, Hope Mill Theatre
SparkPlug from Box of Tricks at HOME
Wise Children and Malory Towers from Wise Children at HOME
Equus from English Touring Theatre at The Lowry
The Last Yankee from University of Bolton at Bolton Library Theatre
Tao of Glass from Manchester International Festival, Royal Exchange Theatre

Manchester International Festival

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