If you’re looking to indulge in some culture this March, there are many highly anticipated performances set to grace stages all across the city. To help you choose which may be for you, here are our top picks for upcoming shows, from musical comedies to hard-hitting dramas.
THE CRUCIBLE
CRUCIBLE // 2-30 MARCH // £15-£37
When a group of young girls are discovered dancing and chanting in the forest, they are accused of witchcraft. With the threat of execution hanging over them, the girls draw the people of the town into a world of secrets, lies and manipulation where the only goal is self-preservation. Arthur Miller’s enduring masterpiece based on the events of the infamous Salem witch trials is directed by Anthony Lau(Miss Saigon, Anna Karenina).
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Simon Manyonda as (John Proctor) in rehearsals for The Crucible. Photo by Manuel Harlan.
MUSCLEBOUND BY ROSY CARRICK
THEATRE DELI // 14 MARCH // £14
Musclebound explores Rosy Carrick’s past fantasies in which the musclebound heroes of movies like Conan and He-Man are publicly tortured and humiliated by their male antagonists. Now the newly single mum, Carrick finds herself in conversations with her own daughter and is forced to confront the niggling suspicion that something about her sexual past has never felt quite right.
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Musclebound has been praised by critics as “A startling, laugh out loud funny and erudite examination of age, relationships and female sexuality” – image Theatre Deli
WE’RE NOT GOING BACK
THEATRE DELI // 25 MARCH // £10-£12
We’re Not Going Back is about the 1984/85 miners’ strike… more or less. But in this hard-hitting musical comedy there are no miners. Instead, we follow the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, hit hard by the Government’s war against the miners and determined to set up a branch of Women Against Pit Closures.
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This hard-hitting msucial-comedy tackles the resilience of working communities, family and the power of sticking two fingers up to the government – image Theatre Deli
BLOODY MARY: LIVE!
THEATRE DELI // 27 MARCH // £15
Teen Queen Mary Tudor is on a mission to rehabilitate her so called ‘bloody’ image. This one woman show deals with divorced parents, sibling rivalries and religious purges through hilarious stand-up and queenanger. You may even leave the theatre feeling a little empathetic for poor Bloody Mary.
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Watch Queen Mary Tudor take to the mic to rehab her so-called “bloody” image – image Theatre Deli
