The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Kings Arms, Salford until 29 April. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ The premise of Jim Cartwright’s 1992 bitter-sweet comedy drama – a play with songs rather than a true musical – alone makes it a strong contender for a modern northern classic. And the love its main character […]
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The Last Five Years – Kings Arms, Salford
The Last Five Years continues at the Kings Arms, Salford until 13 April. This Sondheim-esque song cycle, first staged in Chicago in 2001 and revived several times in cities across the globe since, makes great use of the Kings Arms’ bijou performance space. In fact, director James Baker’s staging of The Last Five Years is so intimate that as […]
Little Shop of Horrors – King’s Arms, Salford
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the King’s Arms, Salford until 22 December. Much like the insatiable, intergallactic flora at its centre, Little Shop of Horrors has grown from its humble beginnings as an Off-Broadway breakout hit in 1982 into a world-straddling stage behemoth. In those years, the endearing appeal of Alan Menken and Howard […]
