PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Manchester gang history with an acute modern twist
Paul Foley reviews Scuttlers at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
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MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
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Scuttlers were Manchester’s original street gangs, operating throughout the city in the late Victorian period.
Mainly based in the streets around the cotton mills of Ancoats, the gangs of youngsters — some as young as 12 — engaged in brutal turf wars with rival gangs often just one street away.
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