The current visit by Opera North to The Lowry includes some radical productions and one undeniable classic. A wicked woman with a heart of gold

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Remembrance Day, 11 November, is the day I see NEBT’s Cycles of Loss and Love, and what more apt than a return of Wayne Eagling’s

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