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It’s certainly easy to see why Boys from the Blackstuff has been adapted for the stage. Alan...
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Author: Andy Murray
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Manchester’s comedy scene is thriving, with new nights springing up all the time....
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A hunched figure in a tatty suit slouches slowly towards the stage with a suitcase, grumbling and...
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In this latest iteration of the Batman story, which nods heavily to acclaimed comics stories such as The Long Halloween, Robert Pattinson plays Gotham City’s brooding billionaire orphan-cum-masked avenger, who has forged...
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