Martin Thomasson

North West reviewer

Lecturer in Philosophy and Creative Writing (retired).

Part-time tutor, MA TV and Radio Scriptwriting (Salford)

Playwright.

Reviews

Kin

Christine Mackie

Best Girl Productions

The Dukes, Lancaster

25–28 May 2022

All Above Board

Nigel Planer

Northern Comedy Theatre

The Preston Playhouse

3 September 2021

Evolve

Debbie Bandara

Forest Tribe Theatre

(2021)

There's a Dead Body in my Baby's Sandpit

Devised by the cast and company.

Falling Doors Theatre

Hope Street Theatre, Liverpool

26–29 February 2020

Rendezvous with Marlene

Ute Lemper

RLN Music

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

5 February 2020

The Greek Passion

Music: Bohuslav Martinu; libretto: based on the text by Nikos Kazantzakis

Opera North

The Lowry (Lyric Theatre)

16 November 2019

Heather Lowe as Sesto, James Laing as Tolomeo and Darren Jeffery as Achilla

Giulio Cesare

Music: George Frideric Handel; Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym (after Giacomo...

Opera North

The Lowry (Lyric Theatre)

13 November 2019

Re:Creating Europe

Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, De Balie and Manchester International Festival

Lyric Theatre, The Lowry

12 July 2019

Rite of Spring

Choreography: Seeta Patel; music: Igor Stravinsky

Sarah Shead for Spin Arts

Quays Theatre, The Lowry

13 May 2019

Heart of Darkness

Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks (adapted from the novella of Joseph Conrad)

imitating the dog

The Lowry (Quays Theatre)

16–18 April 2019

News

New Work for Manchester's Not Quite Light festival

17 March 2019

Beneath These Tarmac Cracks is a new play, commissioned for this year’s Not Quite Light festival in Manchester.

Seeta Patel adds autumn tour dates

3 June 2015

Bharatanatyam dancer, Seeta Patel, is extending her autumn 2015 tour.

Cinema Pioneers inspire Dukes and Coliseum collaboration

10 April 2014

Early cinema pioneers, Mitchell and Kenyon, provide inspiration for new stage show for Lancaster Dukes and Oldham Coliseum.

Features

Seeta Patel for Something then, Something now at The Lowry in 2015

What is the Point of Theatre Critics? (part two)

3 May 2022

Philip Fisher wrote a piece addressing this question. Now, Martin Thomasson has written a supplement to Philip’s article.

Bottom and the Mechanicals, from an edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream from 1874

A Great Night Out: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Towneley Hall

28 March 2020

Martin Thomasson remembers the feeling, if not some of the details, of first 'getting' comedy in Shakespeare.

HOME Manchester launches site-specific season

11 April 2014

Theatre at HOME's new artistic director, Walter Meierjohann, launches a site-specific 2014 season.