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English National Opera kick off their debut Salford season with a bang ----- Almost 50 years after his death, it's fair to say that Benjamin Britten is firmly cemented as one of the foremost 20th century British composers, especially when it comes to his operatic exploits, as well as his work with his two closest collaborators, the tenor Peter Pears , and librettist Eric Crozier , the latter with whom he teamed up to write the three-act comic opera " Albert Herring " in the

There's a definite nip in the air as the winter begins to creep up on us, so to combat the cold we have plenty of stagey news to warm us up and carry us through, so here are the biggest theatrical news stories from the past week. ----- DANIEL'S HUSBAND Full cast announced for winter run The cast of “ Daniel’s Husband ” The full cast for the UK premiere of the hit off-broadway play “ Daniel’s Husband ” has been revealed, written by Michael McKeever , the play tells the story o

Winston-directed revival of Mel Brooks' second symphony is electrifying! ----- Following up from a gargantuan hit like The Producers is enough to send any writer for the stage or screen into a frenzied panic, and much like when the musical first premiered in 2008, we are in a similar situation in the present, with an enormously successful London revival of Mel Brooks ' magnum opus having preceded this major return of his second musical " Young Frankenstein ", and inevitably t